Relocation Onsite Consultant - New York, NY/ Dallas, TX

About the role

On-site Immigration Specialist based in either Dallas, TX or New York, NY, serving as a key liaison within a major financial-services client’s Americas immigration team (part of the firm’s Global Mobility function). The role ensures the successful execution of the firm’s immigration strategy and requires a solid foundation in both nonimmigrant and immigrant visa and green-card matters, along with an appreciation for policy and process.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a caseload of nonimmigrant and immigrant/green-card visa matters.
• Track work and exercise sound judgment when escalating matters.
• Proactively manage the caseload and liaise with external immigration counsel and HR teams to meet immigration milestones.
• Advise and guide stakeholders (business partners and managers) on immigration-related business decisions, ensuring adherence to firm policies and counsel guidance.
• Update stakeholders on immigration developments impacting the employee population.
• Liaise with external immigration counsel on ad-hoc issues, including US government inquiries and Canada or LatAm immigration matters for local employees.
• Assist with immigration issues for interns and new hires.
• Serve as a project-team member on annual immigration-related projects (e.g., H-1B visa lottery).
• Update policy/process and project-plan documentation (e.g., employee FAQs, immigration resources, standardized communications).
• Assist with ad-hoc reporting and metrics requests.
• Conduct data validation on immigration-support documentation for Americas (primarily US) government filings.
• Collaborate with other Global Mobility team members on immigration considerations and drivers for relocations.

Requirements

• 3+ years of corporate US immigration experience in both nonimmigrant and immigrant/green-card visa matters.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Skills

• Analytical rigor with a proven ability to perform data audits, ensuring complete accuracy in government filings and internal record-keeping.
• Client-service focus, responsiveness, and a “can-do” attitude.
• Strong organizational skills and a proactive approach.
• Self-starter able to work well independently and in a team environment.
• Good communication and relationship-management skills—ability to explain complex immigration processes in simple terms.
• Understanding of the importance of confidentiality and sensitivity of immigration information.
• Ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Good judgment and critical thinking—ability to identify potential legal or timeline bottlenecks and escalate with proposed solutions.
• Experience operating as part of a global team.
• Enthusiastic, positive, and keen to learn and develop.
• Proficiency with Excel, particularly V-lookups and pivot tables.
• Prior exposure to the Global Mobility field is advantageous.
• Willingness to work overtime, particularly during peak immigration cycles.