# Business Immigration Associate

**Company**: Fragomen
**Location**: Irvine, US
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $144,000.00 - $180,000.00
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

A career as a Business Immigration Associate at Fragomen gives you the opportunity to work with a smart, motivated, and diverse peer group.

Working in a collegial, team-oriented environment, Fragomen Associates learn from the industry's leading experts.

**How will you make a difference as an Associate at Fragomen?**

- Develop an expert-level understanding of your client base and the industries you support as well as the firm's practice areas and services provided.

- Develop case strategies, including researching, drafting, reviewing, counselling clients, and triaging initiations.

- Regularly communicate with clients and foreign nationals regarding procedural, case processing issues, and case strategy.

- Support clients in immigration program management and compliance.

- Assess eligibility of corporate foreign national employees for non-immigrant and immigrant visa status.

- Work with client global mobility personnel to prepare petitions and applications for submission to government agencies for non-immigrant and immigrant foreign national employees.

- Draft and prepare letters and legal documents, typically based on established precedents.

- Conduct research to support client requests and projects.

- Proactively communicate with clients, within SLAs/team protocols and with a precise, efficient, thoughtful, and organised response.

- Partner with colleagues to resolve client issues, share information, and support client projects.

- Directly or indirectly supervise junior Associates and other staff, providing mentoring and coaching while proactively sharing immigration knowledge and expertise.

- Regularly seek out and implement opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardisation with processes, products, or services.

- Demonstrate a willingness to learn and effectively implement guidance and direction offered by supervisors and experienced colleagues.

- Use firm technology accurately and in line with team and client protocols, ensuring accurate and complete data is entered.

- Actively contribute to team meetings and firm-wide activities.

- Ensure self and team follow documented firm standards and policy to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory, operational, and client compliance.

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

- U.S. JD or LLM required

- Member of a US State bar or Washington DC bar association

- 2-3 years of experience at Associate level

- Expanded practical understanding of immigration law

- 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

- Dedication to exceptional client service

- Demonstrated attention to detail

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with competing demands

- Ability to contribute to a positive work environment

**Benefits:**

- 27 PTO days + Federal holidays

- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans + FSA & HSA Plans

- 401K plan, with company matching

The salary range for this role reflects a variety of factors considered in compensation decisions, including but not limited to an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, work location, work arrangement, licensure, and certifications, and applicable laws.

A reasonable and good-faith estimate of the current salary range for individuals able to work a hybrid schedule in the office locally is: $144,000.00 - $180,000.00

## Skills

### Required
- immigration law
- client service
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- communication skills

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