Sensitive Data. High Stakes. Real Experience.

The Story Behind BiyteLüm

BiyteLüm sits at an unusual intersection: privacy and AI compliance consulting, and expert legal advisory for immigration cases. To understand why these two service lines exist under one roof, you need to understand what connects them.

Our founder spent over six years as a federal adjudications officer at US Citizenship and Immigration Services — processing asylum applications, refugee petitions, and humanitarian protection cases. Every case involved some of the most sensitive personal data that exists: persecution histories, medical records, family separation details, biometric information, criminal background data. That data, if mishandled, could expose individuals to deportation, persecution, or worse.

That experience created something no certification program can replicate: a deep, practical understanding of what it means to handle sensitive human data under high-stakes conditions with serious regulatory accountability. The same precision that governed asylum adjudications now drives BiyteLüm's approach to privacy compliance and AI governance.

Today, BiyteLüm serves two audiences. Organizations navigating cross-border data privacy and AI governance obligations — particularly those operating between the US, EU, and Latin America — benefit from our CIPP/E, CIPM, and AI Agent Security credentials and our registered US and EU entities. Immigration attorneys handling asylum and humanitarian cases benefit from direct insider knowledge of USCIS adjudication standards that no academic or policy expert can offer.

Founder — Joshua Perez Garcia

Former USCIS Asylum Officer, Humanitarian Parole Officer, and Senior Refugee Officer. Six years adjudicating I-589 asylum applications, I-131 travel documents (including humanitarian parole cases), and I-730 derivative refugee/asylee petitions. Conducted high-stakes credibility interviews, fraud detection, and national security vetting. Coordinated with FDNS, law enforcement, and Intelligence Community partners.

Managed sensitive PII under strict federal regulatory frameworks including 8 U.S.C. §1367, the Privacy Act of 1974, and DHS Privacy Impact Assessment requirements. CIPP/E and CIPM certified. Certified AI Agent Security Specialist. AWS and Azure certified.

Languages: English (Native) · Spanish (Native)
Location: Mérida, Mexico — remote services delivered globally

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Our Entities

BiyteLüm operates two registered entities — one in the United States and one in the European Union — allowing us to serve clients across jurisdictions and provide EU-entity representation for GDPR-related engagements.

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Whether you need privacy compliance guidance for your organization or expert advisory support for an immigration matter, we'd like to hear from you.