Contract Immigration Attorney (North Carolina Bar License preferred)
Summary
AVA Global is looking for an outstanding Contract U.S. Immigration Attorney (with at least two years of experience preparing and filing business and family-based immigration cases) to add to our team. As an attorney working with us, you will be responsible for managing cases that may include family-based, humanitarian, and employment-based immigration. You will represent clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of State.
What You’ll Do
- Offer legal counsel and guidance to clients on various immigration matters.
- Manage a caseload of affirmative applications pending before USCIS and the Department of State.
- Work closely with clients and their families to prepare affirmative applications for permanent residency/immigrant visas, nonimmigrant visas, asylum, U visas, T visas, and visas under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), in addition to waivers of inadmissibility.
- Work with clients to develop and implement legal strategies for EB1, EB2, EB3 and EB5 immigrant visa applications, and H1-B, H-2B, L-1A, L-1B, O-1, and TN nonimmigrant visas.
- Legal research and writing–specifically, drafting and filing waiver applications and supporting briefs and memoranda.
- Effectively communicate with other attorneys and experts in the field—locally and nationally—to leverage as much knowledge and advice as possible for the benefit of our clients.
- Stay abreast of immigration policy changes and regulations, offering advice on compliance to clients.
- Collaborate closely with the firm’s Senior US immigration counsel to ensure efficient and effective client representation.
- Perform consultations for potential clients who are interested in the law firm’s services.
Compensation and Benefits
This is a contract position. Salary will be dependent upon experience with the potential to turn into a full-time salaried position. Remote to start, with hybrid option once our office opens in Apex, North Carolina.
What You’ll Bring
- Juris doctor degree and active licensure in good standing in at least one state (North Carolina preferred).
- Two years of substantial family-based and/or business/employment-based immigration experience preferred.
- Excellent writing and editing skills.
- Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively.
- Creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Tech savvy.
- Passion, tenacity and optimism for protecting and advancing the rights of the immigrant community.
- Fluency in English required. Fluency in a second language strongly preferred.
How to apply:
Please send your resume and letter of motivation to us via email at info@aspirevisaattorneys.com. Please put IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY APPLICATION in the subject line in all caps. Emails without resumes and letters of motivation will not be reviewed. No phone calls, please.