# Immigration Casework Intern

**Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
**Location**: Atlanta, GA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The International Rescue Committee's Resettlement office in Atlanta provides its clients with assistance in filing immigration applications, which will allow refugees and newly-approved asylees to travel, become permanent residents and then citizens of the United States.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct comprehensive intake and needs assessments

- Assist clients to complete applications for various immigration benefits (I-131, I-485, I-765, N-400, I-134) and prepare these for review by the Community Integration Manager, and/or Senior Legal Representative

- Maintain accurate and up-to-date files and detailed case notes on Immigration services to clients, enter required data in a timely manner into databases, and meet all case reporting requirements within established deadlines and standards for final review by a legal staff

- Make service requests and refer case follow ups to caseworkers for complicated cases

- Prepare responses for I-485 RFEs

- Assist clients in drafting responses on missed USCIS interviews or those who need rescheduling

- Assist clients in making NVC payments

- Conduct file reviews monthly and address any matters with the Managing Attorney

- Assist legal staff in making copies and creating new files

- Assist in Citizenship Workshops

- Complete change of address forms with CIS

- Help maintain the filing system for immigration petitions filed with IRC in Atlanta

- Submit intern hours on volunteer dashboard

- Other duties as needed and assigned by immigration legal staff

Learning Objectives:

- Develop an enhanced professional skill set, interact with other interns, clients and supervisors remotely and contribute to projects while in the comfort of their own space

- Learn data collection and data management methods for program development and reporting

- Gain knowledge of USCIS administrative procedures by processing receipts and correspondence from USCIS

- Have hands-on experience in filling out applications

- Gain knowledge of the types of immigration benefits available to refugees and asylees and the steps involved in applying for these benefits

- Apply academic learning to real-world projects and assignments

- Develop workplace skills and acquire specific experience needed to pursue professional goals

Qualifications:

- Prefer students or recent graduates with interest and experience with USCIS forms

- Must have reliable work hours and able to commit 3 days a week (9-5)

- Able to work independently and under pressure with multiple tasks and competing deadlines

- The ideal candidates are independent, detail-oriented, and highly organized

- Attention to detail and procedure

- Work or volunteer experience with foreign populations, especially African or Middle and Near Eastern

- Bilingual in client languages including Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, or French is beneficial, but not required

- Computer literacy, preferably with PC systems

- Knowledge of immigration forms beneficial, but not required

- Applicants must be open to evolving responsibilities

Requirements:

- Must submit intern hours on volunteer portal

- Must pass a background check

- Commitment of 15 hours per week for a minimum of 3 consecutive months

- Must be at least 18 years old

- Must be authorized to work in the United States

## Skills

### Required
- USCIS forms
- data collection
- data management
- immigration benefits

### Nice to have
- Spanish
- Arabic
- Farsi
- French
- PC systems
- immigration forms

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