Avocat en immigration d’affaires américaine/ US Immigration Lawyer

The role

Fragomen is seeking a US Immigration Lawyer in Montreal, Canada, with 2+ years of experience. This role focuses on business immigration within the Employment practice area, requiring strong analytical and communication skills to support corporate foreign national employees with their immigration needs.

What you'll do

• Evaluate the eligibility of foreign national employees of companies for immigrant status in Canada
• Draft and prepare letters and legal documents, typically based on established precedents
• 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
• 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
• Conduct research to support client requests and projects
• Supervise the work of paralegal staff in record keeping and document preparation
• Proactively communicate with clients, within SLAs/team protocols and with a precise, efficient, thoughtful, and organized response
• Partner with colleagues to resolve client issues, share information, and support client projects
• Support clients in immigration program management and compliance
• 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 firmwide activities
• Act as a source of advice and training to more junior colleagues, proactively sharing immigration knowledge and expertise
• Ensure self and team follow documented firm standards and policy to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory, operational and client compliance

What we're looking for