The Immigration Intern will work closely with the Immigration Department to serve refugees and members of the local immigrant community with immigration services.
Responsibilities
- Assisting Immigration Caseworkers to complete immigration applications such as Lawful Permanent Resident (Greencard), N-400s (Citizenship), Affidavit of Relationship (AOR) and family reunification petitions
- Completing casenotes related to client casefiles
- Working one on one with clients virtually to complete citizenship applications
- Conducting follow up phone calls to clients
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, or law school (or recently graduated)
- Must be available a minimum of 10-15 hours between the hours of 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
- Must be available a minimum of three months
- Fluency in Farsi, Armenian, Arabic, Russian/Ukrainian, Spanish or Tagalog required
How to apply
- Submit the online application (must include resume, cover letter, and top three position preferences to be considered complete)
- Interview
- Background check via HireRight
- Attend a general orientation and begin placement and training
Please contact Community Relations Coordinator, Carly Boos, at carly.boos [at] rescue.org if you have any questions.
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