Legal Counsel, Immigration
Deel
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Offer a consistent, industry-leading experience to Company customers by providing legal support (including consular support) and strategy from the initial kick-off call through petition filing
- Direct, review, provide feedback, and approve the compiling and assembly of initial submissions, re-submissions, and RFE/NOID responses prepared by Immigration Specialists
- Support and guide Company Immigration Specialists
- Support the Company Sales team by providing legal consultations to prospects on legal strategy, timeline, and immigration options
- Actively work on process improving and templating to help the Company develop additional product offerings
- Draft petitions for new case types, as necessary
- Work with Company Product and Engineering teams to further develop the technology which would support the mobility team
- Stay abreast of changes in immigration laws, policies, and procedures, and ensure the immigration team is consistently updated
- Conduct training sessions for internal teams, keeping them informed about the latest legal developments and best practices in business immigration
Requirements
- JD along with admission to any U.S. state bar.
- Minimum 3–5 years of U.S. business immigration experience, with a strong focus on high-volume filings, including E-2, O1, TN, E-3 and EB-1 and EB-2 IV filings
- Ability to prepare and file high volume H1B and L1 (including blanket L1) petitions for corporate clients
- Advise corporate clients on all aspects of the PERM Labor Certification process.
- Prepare and file PERM applications (ETA 9089) with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
- Oversee and manage the entire PERM recruitment process, including:
- Drafting and placing job orders and advertisements.
- Reviewing and documenting recruitment results.
- Ensuring full compliance with DOL regulations and timelines.
- Prepare audit responses and supervise supervised recruitment processes if needed.
- Draft and file Form I-140 petitions in the EB-2 and EB-3 immigrant visa categories.
- Excellent managerial, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills.
- Ability to provide not only technical legal expertise but also proactive and strategic business solutions that align with our clientele’s needs.
- Ability to secure malpractice insurance
- The ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic team-oriented environment.
- Ability to multi-task and take on a variety of projects.
- High level of professionalism in handling sensitive and confidential information.
- Technology proficiency
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
U.S. business immigration experiencehigh-volume filingsE-2 visaO1 visaTN visaE-3 visaEB-1 visaEB-2 visaH1B petitionsL1 petitions
Soft Skills
managerial skillsorganizational skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationproactive solutionsstrategic thinkingindependencemulti-taskingprofessionalismteam-oriented
Certifications
JDU.S. state bar admission