Boundless helps immigrants and the broader public understand the changing immigration system.
The deal lets Boundless handle new categories for children, parents, fiances, tourists and others, and makes Boundless the nation’s largest online immigration industry company.
Boundless announced it’s raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by Foundry Group, with Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective and Yahoo billionaire Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures.
The effort to fight the public charge policy was led by Boundless Immigration, a technology company seeking to assist families in navigating the immigration process. “This country and the major employers represented in this filing are made better by talented and hard-working immigrants,” [Boundless CEO] Wang said. “We will continue to fight back against this administration’s efforts to deter, delay, and deny legal immigration.”
Boundless helps people “get green cards by demystifying immigration’s mad bureaucratic maze” and provides “access to good immigration counseling for less than the cost of a lawyer”
Boundless wins the first-ever Actually Good Tech Awards “for helping immigrants navigate a legal labyrinth”
“No status, no grace period, which is why those outside the United States are immediately prevented from reentering at the point they are notified of job loss,” adds Xiao Wang, CEO of Boundless Immigration, a Seattle-based tech firm that helps people apply for citizenship and green cards. Wang says stories like Vong’s are “happening all over the place right now.”
“Things are going in a positive direction, but it’s hard to catch up,” said Xiao Wang, the chief executive of Boundless, a technology company that helps families navigate the U.S. immigration system.“They are getting more people naturalized,” he said, “but the wait time is still long, 15 to 18 months.”
Xiao Wang, Boundless co-founder and CEO, urges Asian-Americans to take a stand against recent violent attacks against the community.
For each day that USCIS remained closed, 2,100 potential new voters would be disenfranchised, according to a frequently cited report by Boundless.
“It’s very much sending a signal that they want people using their online filing systems more and hopefully, in turn, they will start to invest in those systems more,” said Xiao Wang, the CEO of Boundless Immigration Inc., which helps clients navigate the US immigration system. “Hopefully, this is a virtuous cycle where fees lead to processing applications more efficiently.”
Wait times to complete the entire green card process, on average, exceed three years, according to Boundless Immigration. Those wait times are expected to increase because of coronavirus.
A report by immigration startup Boundless reveals an estimated backlog of 700,000 citizenship applications, exacerbated by the pandemic.
VIDEO: Boundless CEO Xiao Wang discusses his reaction to the Trump administration’s recent proclamation on “Bloomberg Technology.”
“You can imagine the confusion and terror that’s rippling through the immigrant community at this point,” said Doug Rand, a former Obama administration official and co-founder of the law firm Boundless Immigration.
The proposed draconian rules have been challenged in multiple federal courts, with those cases now on appeal in multiple jurisdictions around the country. Seattle-based Boundless Immigration spearheaded and organized the filing of the amicus brief, with major companies like Twitter, Microsoft and LinkedIn signing onto the pleadings.
The document, which was filed by immigration technology company Boundless Immigration, argues that the bill could cause tens of billions in negative economic impact — far outweighing the savings President Donald Trump has estimated it would reduce in taxpayer dollar spending.
The criteria for making the determination of whether an immigrant is a “public charge” is complex — and that’s where Boundless comes in. The tool asks immigrants a series of questions and determines how likely they are to be denied residency based on their answers.
Immigrants applying for U.S. visas will be denied entry into the country unless they can prove they can afford health care, according to a proclamation signed Friday by President Donald Trump. Boundless Immigration co-founder Doug Rand calls this “as shameless as it is stunning.”
The New York Times draws on Boundless’ analysis of U.S. citizenship trends in its report on surging application processing times over the past 2 years
In this op-ed, Boundless CEO and former business analyst Xiao Wang makes a data-driven case as to why the United States must “make U.S. citizenship easier, not harder.”
POLITICO Pro cites Boundless’ analysis of the “Public Charge” rule’s impact on visa applications filed at U.S. consulates and embassies
In this video news story, Boundless co-founder and former White House immigration official Doug Rand gives a reality check on the “Public Charge” policy that stands to severely restrict immigration
Forbes cites Boundless research on the damaging impact on married couples of the Department of Homeland Security’s proposed “Public Charge” rule
On NPR’s “Morning Edition” radio program, Boundless co-founder and immigration policy expert Doug Rand weighs in on the impact of immigration policies targeting H-1B visas, the H-4 work program, and the International Entrepreneur Rule that Rand helped to implement
Bloomberg Law cites Boundless research and a letter signed by over 120 business leaders opposing the proposed “Public Charge” rule, an effort led by Boundless
Boundless President Doug Rand shares his perspective on the “extraordinarily difficult” visa options facing startup founders from other countries
POLITICO mentions Boundless’ analysis of the cost of the “Public Charge” rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security
Boundless co-founder and Obama White House immigration policy official Doug Rand comments on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s new “Public Charge” rule, calling it “a breathtakingly ambitious attempt to reshape the legal immigration system without an act of Congress”
Boundless co-founder and former White House immigration policy official Doug Rand expresses concern over the Trump administration’s attempt to add “citizenship” as a question in the next census
Boundless co-founder and former White House immigration policy official Doug Rand calls out the “Public Charge” rule (proposed by the Department of Homeland Security) for what it is: “a catastrophe for the innovation economy if ever enacted”
NBC News cites Boundless’ analysis of the new “Public Charge” rule’s impact on U.S. immigration and quotes Boundless co-founder and immigration policy expert Doug Rand on the consequences of the rule’s proposed income test
“Founder Xiao Wang came to the U.S. from China at a young age and is using technology to simplify the process of filling out complex applications.”
Business Insider Australia cites Boundless’ analysis of the potential impact of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s new “Public Charge” rule on couples seeking a marriage green card
Boundless co-founder and former White House immigration official Doug Rand describes the methods used by the Trump administration to reshape the legal immigration system
Boundless co-founder Doug Rand weighs in on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s proposed use of credit scores as a factor in evaluating immigration applications