Immigration Legal Assistant – LatAm

Job not on LinkedIn

🔥 0 minutes ago

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Assistantly

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2021

👥 HR Tech

🎯 Recruiter

🏢 Enterprise

HR Tech • Recruitment • Enterprise

Assistantly is a company that specializes in providing top-tier virtual and executive assistants to businesses looking for efficient and cost-effective solutions. The company offers a wide range of services including administration, marketing, operations, finance, and client success, providing a substantial cost saving to clients. Assistantly focuses on easing the hiring, onboarding, managing, and retaining of highly skilled assistants by offering fully-managed and scalable plans with a fixed monthly rate. Their unique selling point is the provision of highly qualified "unicorn" assistants who are trained for efficiency and come with a dedicated success team, ensuring the best possible match for their clients' needs. Trusted by over 500 fast-growing companies worldwide, Assistantly's main goal is to help businesses grow faster and more effectively by managing the complexities of building a team.

📋 Description

• Prepare complete affirmative and defensive Form I-589 asylum applications, client declarations, and full supporting filing packets including exhibits, certified translations, country conditions documentation, and corroborating evidence. • Draft, prepare, and file Immigration Court pleadings and procedural motions including Motions to Continue, Change Venue, Substitute Counsel, Accept Late Filings, fee waiver requests, change of address forms, and other EOIR filings. • Prepare benefit applications including Employment Authorization, Cancellation of Removal, Adjustment of Status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), family-based immigration benefits related to removal proceedings, and other applications as assigned. • Assemble complete hearing packets, exhibit binders, and submission packages for Immigration Court and USCIS, ensuring full compliance with EOIR Practice Manual and USCIS filing requirements. • Calendar and track all critical deadlines including hearing dates, biometrics appointments, filing deadlines, and attorney task items to ensure nothing falls through the cracks. • Maintain accurate case notes and client files within the firm's case management system, and communicate professionally with clients in both English and Spanish regarding document collection, case updates, and hearing preparation. • Coordinate certified translations, review and organize client-submitted evidence, and work closely with attorneys to ensure all filings are complete, accurate, and submitted on time.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as an immigration legal assistant or paralegal with direct exposure to asylum cases and immigration court filings (must-have) • Demonstrated hands-on experience preparing Form I-589 (affirmative and defensive) and Immigration Court pleadings and motions (must-have) • Solid knowledge of EOIR Practice Manual requirements and USCIS filing procedures • Professional bilingual fluency in English and Spanish, written and verbal (must-have) • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and no significant onboarding period • Experience with removal proceedings and relief applications (Cancellation of Removal, TPS, Adjustment of Status) • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple cases and competing deadlines simultaneously • Experience coordinating certified translations and managing evidentiary documentation • Familiarity with immigration case management software preferred • LATAM-based candidates with U.S. immigration law experience are strongly encouraged to apply**

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Paid US holidays • Paid wellness days • Health & wellness allowance • Monthly profit sharing • Long-term placement with real growth • Continuous upskilling in AI, Operations, and Leadership • Dedicated success coaching and support through Assistantly