Supervisory Immigration Services Officer

Citizenship and Immigration Services; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

USCIS in Seattle seeks a Supervisory Immigration Services Officer to oversee the planning and conduct of independent research on eligibility entitlements of individuals seeking immigration benefits, employment, or lawful status under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Applicants must meet Time-in-Grade requirements and have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12, with duties including making final determinations on difficult cases and analyzing new immigration regulations.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience, equivalent to GS-12 level, enabling duties as described.

Responsibilities

• Making final determinations on difficult and sensitive immigration benefits cases that are discretionary, precedent-setting, highly visible, and important to the agency.
• Rendering immigration benefits decisions with substantial impact to a wide range of agencies at federal, state, and local levels.
• Analyzing new immigration benefits regulations and complex technical amendments as well as procedures for final determinations on applications/petitions for immigration benefits.

Skills

Specialized experience

Job description

Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud. As a Supervisory Immigration Services Officer, you will conduct and oversee the planning of independent research regarding the eligibility entitlements of persons seeking immigration benefits, employment, and/or legal status under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

The qualifications for this position must be met by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on 10/23/2026. Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The Time-in-Grade requirement must be met by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on 10/23/2026.

GS-13: You qualify at the GS-13 level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience, which is equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the federal government, that equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have experience performing the majority of the following duties:

Responsibilities

• Making final determinations on difficult and sensitive immigration benefits cases that are discretionary, precedent-setting, highly visible, and are of great importance to the agency.
• Rendering immigration benefits decisions that have substantial impact to a wide range of agencies at the federal, state and local levels.
• Analyzing new immigration benefits regulations and complex technical amendments as well as procedures for making final determinations on applications/petitions for immigration benefits.