“Tahmina Watson has produced an excellent book on the startup visa that should be read by policymakers, entrepreneurs and others attempting to navigate and improve America’s often challenging legal immigration system.”
–Stuart Anderson, Executive Director, National Foundation for American Policy
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The Startup Visa, 2nd edition book, and podcast series- your one-stop for all your advocacy tools but also a helpful guide for entrepreneurs! My new book, foreword written by Techstars co-founder Brad Feld holds strong at #1 in many categories! Thank you to everyone who has gotten the book. I hope you will share this widely, the launch sale is held at 99 cents for the ebook and 50% paperback.Why is this moment important? When I started to write this book in January 2021, I didn’t know when it would be published and how things would unfold. But I diligently woke up at 5 am every day to ensure my day job of lawyering and life of mothering would not be affected. As the manuscript came together in May 2021, the Biden administration revived the International Entrepreneur Rule. I had to go back to the book to make more edits. As the EB5 program came to halt in June with other judicial changes, I had to go back to the book and edit some more. There were other changes along the way too. I will write about the journey of the book sometime but know that writing a book like this with constant changes, takes a lot of time, dedication, and hard work. I will forever be grateful to my editors Lornet Turnbull and Caroline Doughty for their incredible patience with every edit that had to be made.
As we were getting to publish, Congress held a hearing on this very topic! On July 13th, the House Judiciary Committee, led by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren specially discussed the Startup Visa! Such a hearing has not happened in a long time! But the book was not ready to ship. They graciously accepted the manuscript and statement on the record. Now this book made it into Congress and will have an actual impact on the law- just as I had intended!
The book finally came out on July 20th & immediately hit number 1 in 11 categories and hovered in the top 10 in many others. And, that day, Above the Law published my article about why I wrote this book with so much urgency. (Links will be in the comments).
I could not have predicted that a new bill would be introduced by Congress just 6 days later! On Monday this week, the LIKE Act, aka, the new Startup Visa bill, is the latest iteration of a startup visa and is a good one! Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren has definitely worked closely with the community and now it is time for the community to step up.
While many of you know we need a startup visa from your own perspective, you need to know why the immigration laws need to change, how immigrants have shaped America This book is detailed and comprehensive, yet easy to read and not too long. Read it, share it, use it, and please leave a review on Amazon.
There were so many supporters of this journey. A special shout out to the sponsors of Tahmina Talks Immigration Startup Visa Podcast Series! Joorney Business PlansPaul Monson and team have been such a supportive partner! They sponsored the entire podcast series! Joorney has been helping startup visa applicants in Canada and has deep insights into this field. What an incredible collaboration!! And, Park Evaluations has been helping my high-skilled immigrant clients for years- with advisory opinions, academic evaluations, and even translations.
A huge thank you to our own WA Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and her incredible staff and team. They are working tirelessly on every immigration issue, and I know they dedicated significant time on the July 13th judiciary committee hearing on the startup visa/high-skilled immigration. I’m lucky to be in her district!
I could not have done any of this without the incredible hard work, support, and enthusiasm of Cambria Judd Babbitt. She is such an inspiring lawyer-in-the-making!! She is smart, savvy, witty, and so very competent! She produced the podcast series, spent endless hours researching bills, sponsors, researching things for the book, handling the guest schedule while juggling my crazy work calendar, and so much more.
–Stuart Anderson, Executive Director, National Foundation for American Policy
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The Startup Visa, 2nd edition book, and podcast series- your one-stop for all your advocacy tools but also a helpful guide for entrepreneurs! My new book, foreword written by Techstars co-founder Brad Feld holds strong at #1 in many categories! Thank you to everyone who has gotten the book. I hope you will share this widely, the launch sale is held at 99 cents for the ebook and 50% paperback.Why is this moment important? When I started to write this book in January 2021, I didn’t know when it would be published and how things would unfold. But I diligently woke up at 5 am every day to ensure my day job of lawyering and life of mothering would not be affected. As the manuscript came together in May 2021, the Biden administration revived the International Entrepreneur Rule. I had to go back to the book to make more edits. As the EB5 program came to halt in June with other judicial changes, I had to go back to the book and edit some more. There were other changes along the way too. I will write about the journey of the book sometime but know that writing a book like this with constant changes, takes a lot of time, dedication, and hard work. I will forever be grateful to my editors Lornet Turnbull and Caroline Doughty for their incredible patience with every edit that had to be made.
As we were getting to publish, Congress held a hearing on this very topic! On July 13th, the House Judiciary Committee, led by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren specially discussed the Startup Visa! Such a hearing has not happened in a long time! But the book was not ready to ship. They graciously accepted the manuscript and statement on the record. Now this book made it into Congress and will have an actual impact on the law- just as I had intended!
The book finally came out on July 20th & immediately hit number 1 in 11 categories and hovered in the top 10 in many others. And, that day, Above the Law published my article about why I wrote this book with so much urgency. (Links will be in the comments).
I could not have predicted that a new bill would be introduced by Congress just 6 days later! On Monday this week, the LIKE Act, aka, the new Startup Visa bill, is the latest iteration of a startup visa and is a good one! Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren has definitely worked closely with the community and now it is time for the community to step up.
While many of you know we need a startup visa from your own perspective, you need to know why the immigration laws need to change, how immigrants have shaped America This book is detailed and comprehensive, yet easy to read and not too long. Read it, share it, use it, and please leave a review on Amazon.
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Thank you to all the thought leaders who are part of the Startup Visa podcast series, reviewed the manuscript, gave me feedback, and have been so supportive of this effort- it takes a village. Jeff Farrah Valentina Primo Troy Vosseller John Dearie Nina Roberts Craig Montuori Danish Soomro, MBA.,Michael Schutzler Jason Wiens-Kauffman Foundation and Stuart Anderson, NFAP. So much gratitude!
There were so many supporters of this journey. A special shout out to the sponsors of Tahmina Talks Immigration Startup Visa Podcast Series! Joorney Business Plans Paul Monson and team have been such a supportive partner! They sponsored the entire podcast series! Joorney has been helping startup visa applicants in Canada and has deep insights into this field. What an incredible collaboration!! And, Park Evaluations has been helping my high-skilled immigrant clients for years- with advisory opinions, academic evaluations, and even translations.
A huge thank you to our own WA Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and her incredible staff and team. They are working tirelessly on every immigration issue, and I know they dedicated significant time on the July 13th judiciary committee hearing on the startup visa/high-skilled immigration. I’m lucky to be in her district!
Also thanks to my immigration warrior friends- because advocacy is a team sport! cc Fiona McEntee, JD Evangeline M. Chan Allen Orr and so many others.
I could not have done any of this without the incredible hard work, support, and enthusiasm of Cambria Judd Babbitt. She is such an inspiring lawyer-in-the-making!! She is smart, savvy, witty, and so very competent! She produced the podcast series, spent endless hours researching bills, sponsors, researching things for the book, handling the guest schedule while juggling my crazy work calendar, and so much more.