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Immigration Specialist
Fred HutchImmigration Specialist
Mar. 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
Senior Associate, Immigration Compliance
CapgeminiSenior Associate, Immigration Compliance
Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
Immigration Paralegal
Barnes & Thornburg LLPImmigration Paralegal
Apr. 2021 - Apr. 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
Immigration Specialist
Barnes & Thornburg LLPImmigration Specialist
Jul. 2019 - Apr. 2021Chicago, ILWork closely with attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg to assist companies of all sizes, colleges and universities, and nonprofit clients in securing nonimmigrant visas such as H-1B extension and transfer petitions, L-1A and L-1B visas for their employees. Also assist with Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) labor certification applications from initiation through the final stages of the process. For individuals, work on I-485 applications for both employment- and family-based applicants. Additionally, continue case work involving self-petitioning I-140 immigrant visa petitions such as EB-1A, EB-1B using the Kazarian legal standard, and EB-2 NIWusing the new Dhanasar legal standard for NIW petitions.
Immigration Paralegal
Franczek P.C.Immigration Paralegal
Sep. 2018 - Jul. 2019Chicago, ILAssisted attorney within a small business immigration practice group on a variety of different nonimmigrant visa petitions such as H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, H-4, etc., also gained experience in the PERM process and drafted numerous Form ETA 9089 for the labor certification. Also finalized numerous Family based adjustment applications (I-130) as well as employment based adjustment applications (I-485). Additionally, prepared numerous I-140 EB-1B Outstanding Researcher or Professor petitions for Permanent Residency. Gained experience in case management systems.
Legal Assistant
Ellias & Elias, P.C.Legal Assistant
May. 2016 - Dec. 2018Greater Detroit Area- Drafting of legal documentation for Probate and other Corporate law matters. - Assisting with project execution for both Corporate and Litigation matters.
Paralegal
Chen Immigration Law AssociatesParalegal
Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2016Ann Arbor, MI• Coordinated daily attorney phone schedules in order to create balanced and effective communication between our attorneys and clients. • Corresponded to daily client inquiries and delegated the inquiries to the appropriate legal staff within our firm in our case management system to assist our clients in receiving the most appropriate legal response within a timely manner. • Conveyed client concerns and facilitated communication between our firm and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services to raise service request inquiries for our pending client cases. • Executed and finalized over 500 client petitions to be mailed to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. • Managed and organized all of our daily incoming mail to be divided between all of the legal teams within our firm and insured that all incoming mail gets cataloged and messaged for appropriately. • Trained three administrative assistants during a period of firm wide expansion to ensure attention to detail and adherence to our firm policies.
Intern
Glenn Anderson for State SenateIntern
Apr. 2014 - Aug. 2014Lansing, Michigan Area• drafted and executed email and letter correspondences to over hundred constituent inquiries within the Senator’s constituency. • Aided the Legislative director with various research models to prepare for potential topics to introduce bills that the Senator would endorse. • Created the Constituent awards and honors for the Senator that He would present to the honoree at events within the Senator’s district. • Coordinated and participated in events to which the Senator was a guest in attendance.
Sales Associate
J.CrewSales Associate
May. 2013 - May. 2014Sales associate, customer experience, cashier assistance, store organization
Intern
Michigan House of RepresentativesIntern
Jan. 2013 - May. 2013Lansing, Michigan Area• Created the Constituent awards and honors for the Senator that He would present to the honoree at events within the Representative’s district. • drafted and executed email correspondences to over hundred constituent inquiries within the Representative’s district. • Assisted in the execution of any errands that needed to be conducted between the Representative’s office and the Capitol building. • Participated in over ten meetings at the Capitol when the Representatives met on the floor.

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