Immigration Consultant

Job Description

Immigration Consultant (Entry Level) | BAL

The Tone:
This is an early-to-mid-career legal delivery professional role at BAL, located in California. BAL is a firm dedicated to managing high-volume immigration casework. This position is vital for supporting day-to-day client service, ensuring the accurate production of documentation, and contributing to the timely progression of immigration filings in compliance with legal and firm standards.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Location: In-person, California
• Pay: $59100–$74325 yearly
• Team: Reports to an Associate or Senior Associate
• Mission: This person manages the full lifecycle of immigration filings using established workflows and serves as a primary point of contact for routine client inquiries.
• Tech Stack: Proprietary case management system, reports, dashboards, document-handling tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Client Service: Serve as the primary point of contact for routine client communications, providing timely and professional responses to inquiries and updates.
• Case Production: Manage the full lifecycle of high-volume immigration filings, including initiation, assessment, preparation, assembly, and submission.
• Record Management: Maintain accurate and complete case records, ensuring data integrity and utilizing reports and dashboards to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Document Drafting: Draft immigration forms and supporting letters for various case types and coordinate with government agencies on case status, RFEs, and deadlines.
• Knowledge Development: Build foundational knowledge across all immigration case types, mastering procedural requirements and contributing to process improvements and compliance updates.

The Must-Haves
• Background: A Bachelor’s degree OR 0-5 years of business immigration experience OR a combination of education and experience that demonstrates readiness for the role.
• Experience: 0-5 years of business immigration experience, including supporting high-volume casework.
• Skills:
• Attention to Detail: Produce accurate and compliant immigration forms, letters, and documentation.
• Organization & Time Management: Prioritize high-volume workloads effectively using reports and dashboards to meet deadlines.
• Technical Proficiency: Navigate case management systems and document-handling tools effectively.
• Document & Data Management: Maintain clean, complete, and well-organized case records with strong data integrity.
• Learning Agility: Quickly absorb new processes, systems, and immigration requirements to apply them to casework.