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How an Iranian Immigrant Found Success in The United States

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The visa process for coming to the United States can be challenging, but that doesn’t mean success stories aren’t plentiful. It would be hard to find a better example than this week’s guest, Reza Rofougaran. 

Reza Rofougaran is the Co-Chief Executive Officer, Founder, and Chief Technology Officer for Movandi, a privately held company that has set out to revolutionize 5G around the world. Reza is also a Board Member for the company. Reza founded Innovent Systems, Inc in 1998, where he was instrumental in a host of innovations in wireless connectivity. 

This week host Kaushik Ranchod welcomes Reza Rofougaran to talk about Reza’s experiences in the visa process, the difficulties of obtaining an H-1 visa, and how Reza came to have 859 patents. 

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • [2:41] Background on Reza Rofougaran and how he came to America, and the Visa process he went through
  • [9:20] Reza’s experience hiring immigrants through the Visa process
  • [14:29] Smaller businesses have trouble paying the wage rates that large companies can 
  • [15:35] Reza’s biggest success in his company
  • [17:44] The 859 patents Reza has
  • [19:16] Challenges Reza has overcome
  • [22: 10] People come to the United States come to be successful and contribute to the greatness of the company

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How to Navigate the Permanent Labor Certification Green Card Process

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Permanent Labor Certification Green Card process is a great opportunity for immigrants to use their skills and experience to increase their chances of successfully immigrating to the United States. Candidates with qualifying educational and professional experience can be paired with employers who need to fill important positions in specialized fields such as medical, accounting and other skilled professions.

So where can the future citizens of America turn to for these important questions? Kaushik Ranchod is an immigration attorney for employers and families. He specializes in many processes of immigration including Labor Certification, Employment, and Family-Based Green Card Petitions, Health Care Visas, and many more.

This week Kaushik sits down with John Corcoran to discuss this process, and how companies can find qualified immigrant talent.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • [1:41] How does the green card process work for immigrants with college-level education?
  • [2:58] The different tracks immigrants take depending on their level of education and experience
  • [4:15] The possible time frames which the process can take, and why having experienced help is necessary
  • [6:28] Visa processes for those in the medical professions, and the need for more medical professionals in rural areas of the USA
  • [9:05] The green card process for those with specialized knowledge 
  • [11:01] How employers turn to immigrants to fill much-needed positions

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Good News for Spouses of H1B Visa Holders

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H1 Holders

Spouses in the U.S. under H4 status

Announced Last Week: Good News for Spouses of H1 Holders
At Ranchod Law, many of our clients are H1 Holders with spouses in the U.S. under H4 status. Currently, these H4 spouses are not allowed to work legally in the U.S. We at Ranchod Law see this as such a travesty because the spouses of our highly skilled H1B clients often have great skills and excellent educational backgrounds too but their inability to work not only causes their careers to suffer, but it is also such a waste for the U.S. which could be utilizing the H4’s skills and knowledge. Thankfully, this should no longer be the case at the end of this year for some H4 spouses.

The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that new rules will grant work authorization to H4 spouses of H1B visa holders if the H1B visa holder has started the process to apply for lawful permanent resident status (a Green Card ). Homeland Security officials said they hoped to issue final regulations by the end of this year.

The proposed rule change to allow H4 spouses to work if the H1B holder has started the process to obtain a Green Card recognizes the huge backlogs that have developed for employment based Green Card s. The current wait for most immigrants from India is at least eleven years, with Filipinos waiting as long as seven years, and Chinese immigrants up to six years. It makes a big different to the H4 spouses and also for the H1B visa holders to have the H4 spouses able to work while they wait for their Green Card s as oppose to waiting idly.

While we are happy and we welcome work authorization for H4 holders whose H1B spouses have begun the Green Card process, this still leaves an entire group of H4 spouses whose spouses have yet to begin the Green Card process without the ability to work. A broad immigration bill that passed the Senate last year included major changes to the H1-B program, namely a provision that would grant work authorization to the spouses of all H1-B visa holders. Unfortunately, the House of Representatives has not taken up that bill, and it remains unclear if it will move on any major immigration measures this year.

If you have any question or concerns about the immigration status or yourself or your family or your ability to work legally in the U.S. please contact our main office at (916) 613-3553, we have offices conveniently located in Sacramento and Stockton. We help clients locally, throughout the U.S. and abroad.