People Advisory Services - Immigration Legal Managed Services - Senior

Immigration Legal Managed Services (ILMS) Senior

Location: Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas, Houston

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The immigration professionals within EY's Global Immigration network provide a range of employment-based immigration legal and support services to multinational clients who require employees to work in locations where the employee requires work authorization from the local authorities.

The Opportunity

As an Immigration Legal Managed Services (ILMS) Senior, you will be a part of the U.S. employment-based immigration team. EY's global alliance of independent law firms cooperate with our offices worldwide to provide our clients with integrated, quality service. The firm's comprehensive range of U.S. employment-based immigration services include providing clients with non-immigrant and immigrant case processing for the employees.

Your Key Responsibilities

As an ILMS Senior, you will support multiple and challenging U.S. employment-based immigration engagements and contribute to the delivery of solutions and ideas for our diverse institutional clients.

Client contact/communication:

• Working with clients to obtain information to assist in drafting applications
• Communicate case status, milestones achieved, and next steps to client throughout the entire lifecycle of the case
• Follow-up with clients to obtain copies of visas/documents
• Notify clients of upcoming extensions

Communicate with other engagement professionals and support staff:

• Ensure that attorneys are advised of legal client-related issues
• Participate in meetings of the professional staff of EY US
• Confer with attorney regarding legal questions or concerns raised by the client and then relate information back to the client as appropriate
• Draft emails in response to case process and logistics queries by clients
• Delegate appropriate work to support staff, including document scanning/photocopying and package mailing

Case management:

• Collect information from clients as needed for case processing
• Generate client assessment forms and immigration case-related forms and letters for attorney review
• Draft and subsequently revise and update draft forms and letters at the direction and supervision of attorneys
• Monitor case progression to ensure service levels are being met
• Monitor immigration petitions filed with government agencies for receipt, approval, and/or requests for additional information
• Track and monitor immigration documents for expiration, including reviewing expiration reports as needed

Professional Development:

• May be required to attend seminars and professional development courses that are relevant to his/her area of specialty

To Qualify for the Role, You Must Have

Bachelor's degree in related field; Preference for degrees in immigration studies, law, business, communications, public administration, technology, analytics, finance

Minimum 4 years of U.S. Employment-based immigration experience

Must be highly organized and an effective communicator

Excellent writing skills

Strong attention to detail

Ideally, You'll Also Have

Exposure to U.S. and international clients

What We Look For

We're interested in professionals with the drive to take on new responsibilities and projects. You'll need the confidence to speak up with your own creative thoughts on a wide range of areas. You'll also have the opportunity to achieve your potential by being given professional development and experiences with clients across geographies. If you're keen to play a pivotal role within a highly focused U.S. immigration team, this role is for you.

What We Offer You

At EY, we'll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We'll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $63,500 to $129,700. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $76,300 to $147,500. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. EY accepts applications for this position on an ongoing basis. For those living in California, please click here for additional information. EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.

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