Job Description

About the Role: Fragomen’s Business Immigration Consultant position will provide you with the opportunity to make an immediate impact on our business, as well as offer training, development, and long-term growth opportunities.  Fragomen’s exclusive focus on immigration means you will work in an exciting, dynamic, and challenging atmosphere with people who are passionate about immigration.  Providing world class client service and industry leading technology solutions, Fragomen helps our clients to navigate the complex world of global immigration to better achieve their goals.

How will you make a difference as a Business Immigration Consultant (Paralegal/Data Analysis) at Fragomen?

• Perform more substantive and client facing work than is typical for a Paralegal in a law firm setting including varied case related duties requiring specialized knowledge and skills in employment-based immigration matters.
• Independently perform tasks related to case preparation and filing of petitions with government agencies, including document gathering, document review, case analysis, case drafting, etc.
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity through quality control measures when handling sensitive or high volume information.
• Analyze immigration data with Excel-based tools for case-specific tracking and immigration lifecycle management.
• Create dashboards, pivot tables, charts and formulas to monitor immigration metrics and client-specific data insights.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert within employment-based immigration and provide guidance to the greater team.
• Collaborate with attorneys and client stakeholders to generate custom reports and presentations.
• Perform audits and data integrity checks within Fragomen’s case management system and Excel spreadsheets.
• Work with clients to perform intake of cases, troubleshooting issues and establishing case strategy, along with recommending solutions and process improvements.
• Proactively communicate with foreign nationals and client contacts, providing clear and prompt responses regarding case status or other general inquiries.
• Meet assigned deadlines that adhere to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and communicate case progress, status, escalations to supervisor.
• Assist in the hiring and training of new team members and proactively identify ways to improve team productivity and office-wide projects.
• Recognize when changes to immigration policy may impact work and work with leadership to incorporate changes into processes.
• Understand and contribute to team and individual productivity goals.
• Follow documented firm standards and policies to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory, operational and client compliance (e.g., following Data Privacy protocols, using Connect accurately and in line with team and client protocols, etc.).
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset and regularly look for opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardization with processes, products, or services.

Leverage your valuable skills and experience to make an impact at Fragomen:

• Associate’s degree or Paralegal certificate plus 5 years of business immigration experience, or
• Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of business immigration experience
• Possesses strong knowledge of procedural requirements for various types of nonimmigrant and immigrant visas and client processes.
• Utilize advanced Excel functions (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP) to analyze, compare, and verify large or complex datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to proofread documents, draft fluent prose, and avoid grammatical mistakes without the aid of AI engines
• Experience using various computer systems, including MS Word and Excel
• Desire to contribute to positive work environment, effectively collaborate and promote teamwork

Benefits:

At Fragomen, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits which includes:

• 22 PTO days + Federal holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans + FSA & HSA Plans
• 401K plan, with company matching

Learn More About Fragomen:

Please take time to read About Us, explore the Meaningful and Impactful Work we do for our clients, and review the standard Benefits we offer. You can find all the material to the right of this page.

All offers and/or employment contracts are contingent upon the successful completion of the Firm’s pre-employment screening process. This process may include verifying the candidate’s identity, confirming legal authorization to work in the offered position’s location, and conducting a comprehensive background check, where permitted by local regulations.