Immigration Fraud Investigator

Citizenship and Immigration Services; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 75,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security seeks an Immigration Officer to guide policy, conduct research and pursue suspected immigration benefit fraud. You will be part of the FDNS group, with training in the FDNS Officer Basic Training and USCIS BASIC Officer program, and you may be eligible for telework.

The role requires combining qualifying experience with education and may involve shift work.

Qualifications

• COMBINING QUALIFYING EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION (at the GS-11 level only): If you do not qualify based on experience or education alone, you may be able to qualify based on a combination of your experience and education.
• Transcript required: If you don't submit a transcript, we will not use your education when deciding if you're qualified for the job.
• The Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS) was established within USCIS to strengthen national security and the integrity of the country's legal immigration system by closely aligning the adjudication of immigration benefits and services with the identification of potential threats to national security and/or public safety, the detection and deterrence of fraud, and the use of law enforcement and intelligence information to ensure optimal security for U.S.
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• Training: If you have not already done so, you will be required to attend the residential, paid FDNS Officer Basic Training course. Additionally, if you have not already done so, you will be required to attend the residential, paid USCIS BASIC Officer training program, lasting six weeks, at a USCIS training facility. Both trainings must be successfully completed according to the standards of the agency.
• Such failure will result in either reassignment to a different position, demotion or separation by appropriate procedures.
• Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP): Per 5 CFR 576.202, An employee who receives a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) and later accepts employment for compensation with the Government of the United States within 5 years of the date of the separation on which the VSIP is based, including work under a personal services contract or other direct contract, must repay the entire amount of the VSIP to the agency that paid it (proof of payment is required) before the individual's first day of reemployment.
• Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.

Responsibilities

• The responsibilities described are for the full performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope performed with less independence, and limited complexity.
• Guidance, conduct research for the purpose of enhancing current policies and procedures, and identify, articulate, and pursue suspected immigration benefit fraud.
• FDNS is the primary conduit for information sharing and collaboration with law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
• Training-related obligations and potential post-employment conditions are part of the role.

Job description

Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security seeks an Immigration Officer to guide policy, conduct research and pursue suspected immigration benefit fraud. You will be part of the FDNS group, with training in the FDNS Officer Basic Training and USCIS BASIC Officer program, and you may be eligible for telework.

The role requires combining qualifying experience with education and may involve shift work.