Immigration Attorney

ImmigrationJobs; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Immigration Attorney to join their dynamic team in Redmond. This role offers the opportunity to engage in meaningful work that impacts individuals' lives through immigration processes. You'll utilize your legal expertise to navigate complex immigration cases, ensuring compliance and quality in petition reviews. With a focus on employment-based immigration, you'll collaborate with a passionate team dedicated to excellence and innovation. If you're looking to make a significant difference in the field of immigration law and thrive in a supportive environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 1+ year of immigration experience required, preferably in employment-based immigration.
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and admission to the bar are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Conduct legal research and prepare documents for immigration cases.
• Review non-immigrant and immigrant visa filings and ensure compliance.

Skills

Immigration Law Knowledge

Legal Research

Client Communication

Case Preparation

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

About Ascendion :

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
• Solve complex problems - and learn new skills
• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About the Role:

Position: Immigration Attorney

Location: Redmond, WA

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. Requires 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.

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.

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.

Top Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

• 1+ Year of Immigration experience (some sort) – Business would be great, but they need to have something even if it’s family based.
• JD degree

Salary Range: $92,000 - $104,000 Annually - Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [09-10 days/hours of paid time off]

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