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Senior Immigration Paralegal – Employment Based Visas
Company | Global Immigration Associates |
Address | , Chicago, Il |
Employment type | FULL_TIME |
Salary | $65,000 a year |
Expires | 2023-07-30 |
Posted at | 11 months ago |
For over 20 years, the team at Global Immigration Associates has been working to deliver best-in-class legal service to clients going through the immigration process. We're motivated by the idea that our work impacts people far beyond securing a work visa, and that passion is embedded in every member of our team.
We believe that immigrants make America stronger, more prosperous and more diverse, and we take immense pride in the fact that we get to play a part in helping people from around the world start their life in the U.S. By combining legal expertise with a process rooted in communication, transparency and service delivery, our clients know they can count on us to deliver in a way that exceeds their expectations.
For over 20 years, the team at Global Immigration Associates has been working to deliver best-in-class legal service to clients going through the immigration process. As an affiliate to Envoy Global, Inc. we're pleased to present an opportunity for a Senior Immigration Paralegal to join our GIA team on a permanent, full time basis – working 100% from home, from within the United States.
This role is aimed at a team player, who is seeking a genuine work-life balance. One who is suitably experienced working as Senior Immigration Paralegal, with several years of experience working across employment-based visas, within a medium-to-high volume case processing environment.
As a Senior Immigration Paralegal, you will be required to:
- Apply proficiency with preparing end-to-end PERM and some NIV case types (H1B, Ls)
- Issue spot potential problems and alert attorney of any potential issues
- Train new paralegals on fundamental case types as needed
- Possess expertise in specialized case type(s) that are required by the team and client needs
- Respond to basic and complex client communications
- Sit in on and assist with calls with client and/or employee for simple matters related to existing open cases, as determined by attorney
- Draft responses to simple requests for evidence
- Be open and quick to learn other nonimmigrant case types per client and law firm needs (to fill in any gaps in your NIV knowledge)
- Compile petitions and applications for attorney review, in a timely manner
- Learn and become competent on Consular processing for nonimmigrant (DS-160) and immigrant (DS260) case types
- Organize emails, templates, client protocols, team protocols, and procedural updates
- Demonstrate competency in queue management and case prioritization
- Draft case forms and templated letters of support
- Analyze immigration status based on documents
- Draft complex QA responses for attorney review
- Conduct document intake to review documents for validity and sufficiency
- Coordinate with legal assistants on printing of case and service requests
To apply for this role, you should possess the following skills, experience and qualifications:
- Proficiency with MS Word and MS Outlook
- Strong attention to detail, with outstanding organizational skills
- Strong client focus and willingness to assist
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Minimum of 3 years of experience as an Immigration paralegal working on employment-based visas within a law firm environment
- Excellent English grammar and spelling
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, as well as an open and supportive culture for all our people.
SALARY
Approximately $65,000 + eligible for bonus
Global Immigration Associates, P.C., is an equal opportunity employer and will recruit, hire, train and promote into all job levels the most qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identification, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other protected classification.
Notice at Collection for California Applicants:
http://www.envoyglobal.com/notice-at-collection-for-ca-applicants
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