Senior Immigration Paralegal – Employment Based Visas

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)
• Possess expertise in specialized case type(s) that are required by the team and client needs
• Learn and become competent on Consular processing for nonimmigrant (DS-160) and immigrant (DS260) case types
• Conduct document intake to review documents for validity and sufficiency
• Analyze immigration status based on documents
• Draft case forms and templated letters of support
• Issue spot potential problems and alert attorney of any potential issues
• Compile petitions and applications for attorney review, in a timely manner
• Draft responses to simple requests for evidence
• Coordinate with legal assistants on printing of case and service requests
• Respond to basic and complex client communications
• Organize emails, templates, client protocols, team protocols, and procedural updates
• Demonstrate competency in queue management and case prioritization
• Draft complex QA responses for attorney review 
• 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)
• Train new paralegals on fundamental case types as needed
• Sit in on and assist with calls with client and/or employee for simple matters related to existing open cases, as determined by attorney

To apply for this role, you should possess the following skills, experience and qualifications: 

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as an Immigration paralegal working on employment-based visas within a law firm environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent English grammar and spelling
• Strong attention to detail, with outstanding organizational skills
• Strong client focus and willingness to assist
• Proficiency with MS Word and MS Outlook

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