Immigration Attorney in Redmond, WA

Redmond, WA; 5 days a week onsite

Chance for Extension (Y/N): Yes

Daily Schedule & OT estimate: M-F, Standard core hours, 5 OT

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience
1. 1+ Year of Immigration experience (some sort) – Business would be great, but they need to have something even if its family based.
2. JD degree
3. MS Office Suite (Word, Excel)

• Purpose of the Team: The purpose of this team is to work on employment-based immigration.
• Key projects: This role will contribute to supporting high volume U.S. business immigration operations including petition review, I-9, e-mail response support, and ensuring legal compliance with daily filings.
• Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: The role will consist of -
• Use U.S. immigration legal knowledge to ensure daily workflow targets are completed and maintain integrity of the onsite case preparation program.
• Train admins on USCIS filings, USCIS document processing, and PERM job postings, assist with daily admin questions, and review work product to ensure legal accuracy and quality.
• Assist with root cause analysis and resolution for legal and operational issues.
• Identify and propose legal process improvement ideas to increase legal quality, improve employee experience, streamline workflow, and build operational resiliency.
• Complete remote and onsite legal review of filings.
• Address legal questions that arise related to I-9 completion and E-Verify.
• Support complex E-Verify issue resolution.
• Train and monitor admins who support I-9 reverification.
• Assist managers with understanding PERM requirements and obligations during applicant review
• Respond to emails from visa dependent employees on topics including visa and green card eligibility, travel, and maintenance of status.

Candidate Requirements

• Years of Experience Required – 1+ overall years of experience in the field.
• Degrees or certifications required – Juris Doctor (JD), a Law Degree from a credible university and admission to the bar degree is required to be eligible for this role.
• Disqualifiers - Candidates that do not have main requirements will not be eligible for the role.
• Best vs. Average – The ideal resume would contain a high-volume experience.

Summary:

• The main function of an Attorney is to research legal precedent, investigating facts, or preparing legal documents.
• A typical Attorney is responsible for conducting research to support a legal proceeding, formulate a defense or to initiate legal action.
• Review of non-immigrant and immigrant visa filings.
• Require a Law Degree from a credible university and admission to the bar.
• 1 plus year of immigration experience, preferably in employment-based immigration, but will also accept family-based immigration experience.
• Normal rhythm of business with petition review.
• Coming into a busy time of the year based on volume increase.

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