Immigration Intern (Summer 2025)
Assist with immigration applications and support clients
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Overview
Assist with immigration applications and support clients
You have:
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate, graduate degree, or recent graduate. Preference for people pursuing a JD
- 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 people from a broad global environment
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 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 people pursuing a JD
• 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 people from a broad global environment
This position is unpaid reports to the Immigration Program Manager
• Currently pursuing an undergraduate, graduate degree, or recent graduate. Preference for people pursuing a JD
• 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 people from a broad global environment
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you had to maintain confidentiality? | This assesses the candidate's understanding of confidentiality practices. | Explain a situation and how you ensured information was kept confidential. |
| How do you prioritize tasks when you have multiple due dates? | This gauges the candidate's time management skills. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What motivates you to work in the field of immigration? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience with drafting documents or applications. Why is attention to detail important? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How would you handle a difficult client interaction? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
Added 1 year ago
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Updated 1 year ago
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Source:
rescue.org
