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Immigration Legal Assistant

Immigration Legal Assistant

Vasquez Law Firm,PLLCRaleigh, NC, US
9 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Description

As an Immigration Legal Assistant at Vasquez Law Firm, you will play a vital role in supporting our immigration attorneys and ensuring the smooth operation of our practice. You will assist clients in various immigration matters, including but not limited to family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, naturalization, asylum, and removal defense.

We're looking for an organized, detail-oriented, and experienced paralegal to play an important role on our immigration team. You'll draft petitions, waivers, Naturalization, Business visas, U visa, Vawa, T-visas, asylum, TPS, DACA, removal defense paperwork with USCIS, US embassies, and immigration courts. Must be bilingual in English / Spanish. If you're interested in advancing your paralegal career with opportunities for growth, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • Draft petitions, waivers, Naturalization, Business visas, U visa, Vawa, T-visas, asylum, TPS, DACA, removal defense paperwork with USCIS, US embassies, and immigration courts
  • Work with lawyers to prepare for trial by conducting research on legal articles, preparing and organizing exhibits, organizing and coordinating witnesses, filing motions, and assisting with client meetings
  • Gather information about legal issues from the client in interviews
  • Draft legal documents, pleadings, and correspondence such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits under the guidance of a lawyer
  • Organize our case filing systems to ensure all documents are properly sorted and easy to locate, and other administrative duties as needed
    • Language :
  • English
  • Spanish (Required)

Work Location : In-person

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or relevant certification in paralegal studies or a related field
  • 2+ years of experience working as a legal assistant, preferably in immigration law
  • Strong knowledge of immigration laws, procedures, and forms
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (bilingual skills in Spanish or another language is a plus)
  • Proficiency in using legal research tools and software
  • Attention to detail and the ability to organize and manage multiple cases simultaneously
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport with clients
  • Candidates should possess high-level organizational skills and time-management skills
  • Talented communicator and writer
  • Excellent organizational skills, and time-management skills
  • 3+ years of legal service experience under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting
  • Have a strong understanding of the following forms and processes : I-130, I-485, N-400, I-765, I-131, I-526, I-589 consular processing of immigrant / nonimmigrant visas, and immigration court filings
  • Understand what documentation is required to support various immigration applications, and have extensive experience organizing application packets in accordance with legal requirements
  • Be familiar with concepts of immigration and nationality law, such as the requirements for non-immigrant and immigrant visas, admissibility, and deportation
  • Have excellent writing skills, including a mastery of English spelling and grammar
  • Have excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Bilingual (English / Spanish)
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