Immigration Intern (Summer 2024)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Attend Volunteer/Intern Orientation - Draft USCIS applications (green card applications, naturalization, etc.)

- Contact clients - Keep and maintain records of immigration files

- Track cases with USCIS - Organize immigration files - Prepare invitation letters to IRC clients - Communicate regularly with the IRC staff, keeping the immigration caseworker informed of any changes of schedule that may affect the work - Follow IRC policy on confidentiality, consider all personal information that intern might learn about clients as confidential - Work may include some clerical work, such as copying and filing - Record hours and submit completed timesheet for each month via the IRC’s online Volunteer Dashboard.

Qualifications · Currently pursuing an undergraduate, graduate degree, or recent graduate

· Preference for candidates to be in-person at the Charlottesville office

· Excellent oral and written English skills, bilingual is preferred but not required

· Willingness to follow the IRC intern and workplace policies, including confidentiality

· Attention to details and timeliness

· Solid computer skills(Excel, MS Word, Immigrant tracking software)

· Commitment to work with refugees, and to learn about other cultures

This position is unpaid reports to the Immigration Legal Assistant