Issa Compass

Tools for the new era of global freedom

Building the system to move, live, and work anywhere in the world.

It begins in Thailand.

Our mission

The infrastructure for a free world

The way people move across borders is fundamentally broken. Not because the problem is hard, but because no one has built the right system to solve it.

Issa is that system. We are the digital infrastructure for immigration in APAC, built for expats, remote workers, and the employers who hire them. Answer a few questions, see exactly what you qualify for, and let Issa handle the rest. Documents, forms, filing, and follow up become a deterministic process that runs at software scale. No agencies. No paperwork trails. No sidequests to local offices. No surprise fees.

What used to be months of confusion is now consistent clarity.

Come build the infrastructure that moves the world.

Co-founder

Priscilla Yeung

“I moved internationally five times in six years, yet still couldn't secure a US work visa, even with lawyers behind me, and that's when it became clear the problem wasn't effort, it was a broken system; building Issa is the closest I've come to ikigai, solving something deeply personal that the world genuinely needs.”

Priscilla Yeung is the CEO of Issa Compass. She previously advised CEOs at Boston Consulting Group and worked in corporate strategy at foodpanda. Having lived across five countries, she experienced firsthand the challenges of visa systems, which now shape Issa's mission to make human mobility faster and more predictable. She graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in Political Science.

Co-founder

Aaron Yip

“I owe my entire life to the lifetimes of dedication before mine, to the perseverance and strength of immigrants. Now I work for a future where abundance is universally accessible. I serve the dreamers. I serve those brave enough to forge new possibilities for themselves and their families.”

Aaron Yip is the CTO of Issa Compass. His parents were immigrants who moved to the United States to work at a carpet mill, and their story shapes his commitment today. He previously led software at Y Combinator's New Cities research lab on affordable housing, worked on Google's App of the Year, served as a Visiting Partner at Iterative, and guest lectured at Stanford and Chulalongkorn University.