Own Your U.S. Journey: O-1, H-1B & NIW Strategies for Founders – Live Online Q&A
Steering a startup is hard enough—navigating U.S. immigration shouldn’t slow you down. Join EchoHer and Ruoyan Ma, Esq. (Lead Immigration Attorney, Quickfiling) for a candid, founder-focused session on O-1, H-1B & NIW green-card strategies you can pursue without employer sponsorship.
What We’ll Cover
Visa & Green-Card 101: Stressed about work status? Building big things but stuck on the visa piece? We got you.
2025 Policy Watch: IUSCIS is wildin’. Here’s how to stay ahead and stress less.
AMA:Pull up with your CV, free questions, and free evaluation for the first 5!
Who Should Attend
Startup founders & early employees
PhDs, researchers, and post-docs ready to stay and build
Anyone eager to self-petition and skip employer sponsorship
Our Hosts
Ruoyan Ma, Esq.
Lead Immigration Attorney and Co-Founder at Quickfiling, where she focuses on high-skill immigration petitions including EB-1, O-1, NIW, and H-1B. She has successfully guided dozens of startup founders, researchers, and professionals through complex self-petition and employment-based processes.
Her clientele spans software engineers, Web3 and AI startup founders, PhD researchers in STEM fields, and influencers.
Ruoyan has practiced in both boutique immigration law firms and Alibaba Group, received her legal education from University of Illinois College of Law and East China University of Political Science and Law. She is licensed in New York and authorized to practice U.S. immigration law in all 50 states.
Quickfiling
An AI-powered immigration platform built by a team of Ph.D. founders who once navigated the same visa maze. Quickfiling’s agile, data-driven tools have supported 3,000+ users and helped file 200+ petitions—streamlining evidence collection, petition drafting, and RFE responses so innovators can focus on building world-changing companies.
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