#488 Business Immigration & the $100K H-1B Fee with Jioselin Juarez Contreras, Esq.

In this episode, host John Q. Khosravi, Esq. sits down with business immigration attorney Jioselin Juarez Contreras, Esq. to talk about her path from a first-generation Mexican American law student to a high-volume H-1B practice — including her brief detour into nonprofit removal work before returning to the same business immigration firm, how her firm (which also handles corporate litigation and taxation, with a CPA-licensed managing partner) keeps every department aligned on fast-moving immigration changes, and the real-world impact of the new $100,000 H-1B fee on employers and change-of-status filings during this year's cap season. They also preview the upcoming AILA California Chapters Conference (November 5–7 in San Francisco), which Jioselin is helping plan, and close with a look at annual firm planning and the importance of actually taking breaks during immigration law's busiest seasons.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Opening

00:33 – Intro

03:16 – Welcome Jioselin Juarez Contreras, Esq.

03:26 – Growing up in Southern California & getting into immigration law

04:45 – How she built business immigration experience early on

05:04 – The detour into nonprofit removal work — and coming back

07:36 – Practicing immigration inside a multi-department firm (corporate, litigation, CPA/tax)

09:41 – The $100K H-1B fee: real impact on clients and filings during cap season

11:36 – AILA California Chapters Conference preview (San Francisco, Nov 5–7)

15:01 – Firm planning: annual goals and the next six months