Las Vegas, Nevada
East Hampton, New York
Los Angeles, California
Atlanta, Georgia
Posted: 03-Mar-23
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Type: Full Time
Salary: negotiable
Preferred Education:
Internal Number: 24824
The Principal Immigration Specialist leverages mastery of immigration law, procedure, policies and agencies to support, improve, and streamline International Scholar Services team’s campus-wide services and compliance and audit responsibilities. This individual will draw on extensive experience in immigration services industry to recommend, develop, and implement case-processing strategies intended to make the team more strategic, responsive, and transparent. This position supports the Director in development of services strategies for regional campuses and Purdue affiliates; and in support of funded research agreements between Purdue and third-party entities. In addition, this position supports the Assistant Director by drawing on legal education and training to provide specialist contributions to in-team mentorship, peer review, and training and will be responsible for heavy caseload of employment-based permanent residence and/or nonimmigrant visa requests. The International Scholar Services unit enthusiastically supports and encourages professional development, growth, and advancement.
Responsibilities:
- Process employment-based permanent residence cases for international faculty and staff, including but not limited to the full range of EB-3, EB-2 and EB-1 categories available to Purdue as sponsor
- Manage all aspects of case processing, strategy development, relationship management, and monitoring of critical dates and deadlines to ensure employment authorizations are not interrupted
- Process employment-based “work visa” cases for international faculty and staff, including but not limited to the full range of nonimmigrant categories available to Purdue as sponsor: H-1B (H-1B1), E-3, TN, O-1 and J-1 (upon appropriate training)
- Manage all aspects of case processing, strategy development, relationship management, and monitoring of critical dates and deadlines to ensure employment authorizations are not interrupted
- Review and evaluate current procedures based on knowledge of immigration and law firm best practices
- Recommend, develop, and implement case-processing strategies intended to make the team more strategic, responsive, and transparent and with focus on providing the best possible service for customer units and internationals
- Supports the Assistant Director and Director in developing, identifying, and delivering meaningful and relevant immigration training to various units of the International Scholar Services team to support their execution of responsibilities
- Develops immigration presentations for campus customers or internationals on various topics as directed or identifies appropriate guest for invitation to do the same
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree in legal studies, engineering, technology, international education, international business, education administration, immigration, intercultural communication, counseling, or related field
- 8 years’ full-time, professional, high-volume employment-based immigration services experience
- U.S. Citizenship or U.S. permanent residence required by law for this position
- Demonstrated ability with prioritizing work in a fast-paced environment and achieving assigned goals under pressure
- Excellent verbal and written communication, organization, and data entry skills
Preferred:
- JD/LLB or comparable legal education and four years’ full-time, professional experience providing employment-based immigration services
- Prior use of an immigration forms-case management database.
- Experience providing high-volume employment-based immigration services.
- Experience providing employment-based immigration services to clients, or within, a higher education environment.
- Experience with “adjective-based” employment-based processes such as EB-1B Outstanding Professor/Researcher, O-1 Extraordinary Ability, or EB-2 National Interest Waiver