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Immigration Firm Helping AI Engineers Qualify for H-B Alternative - Business Insider

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Immigration will undoubtedly play a big role in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. It was a cornerstone issue during the first debate in late June between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. For Plymouth founder Lisa Wehden, immigration is personal. Her US visa was rejected twice: once in March 2020 for the H-1B lottery, a temporary visa for skilled workers, and again in August 2020 for her O-1 visa, intended for individuals with extraordinary ability. "I was working with this horrible law firm who really didn't get my story," Wehden said. "I felt crushed." After switching to a different attorney, she tried again. This time, a month later, her O-1 visa application was successful. She immediately applied for a green card, which granted her permanent residency status and allowed her to live and work indefinitely in the US. "When I got my green card, I decided to quit my job and spend a year working on things I really cared about, and one of those was immigration,

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