Immigration Specialist (NAMER), Immigration
Finance, Banking & Legal · Legal Services · Compliance & Regulatory
In short
Amazon is looking for an Immigration Specialist to lead its H-1B and LCA quality assurance program. This senior role requires extensive knowledge of US immigration law to ensure accurate and compliant filings, manage risks, and collaborate with internal teams and external counsel.
Responsibilities
- Own the pre-filing QA program for H-1B Cap, Extension, Amendment, Change of Employer, concurrent and dependent filings, as well as LCA operations.
- Establish and maintain QA standards, review checklists, sampling methodologies and acceptance criteria.
- Review or oversee validation of petition forms, support letters, evidence packages, job information, wage levels, occupation codes, work locations and legal entities.
- Ensure consistency across the H-1B petition, supporting documentation and underlying LCA.
- Serve as the technical escalation point for complex, high-risk or non-standard QA findings.
- Assess defect materiality and determine whether cases may proceed, require correction or need Legal or external counsel review.
- Lead reviewer calibration and provide technical guidance to QA reviewers and case-management teams.
- Track defects, rework, filing errors, RFEs and compliance trends, and conduct root-cause analysis.
- Partner with program owners, Operations, Legal, Product and Technology teams to implement corrective actions and preventive controls.
- Support testing and validation of system changes affecting H-1B and LCA workflows.
- Maintain quality documentation, decision logs and audit evidence, and report emerging risks and control effectiveness to leadership.
Requirements
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications
- Bachelor's degree
- 2+ years of relevant experience
Desired Qualifications
- Experience managing confidential and sensitive employee information and adherence to strict confidentiality standards
- Strong H-1B and LCA subject-matter expertise.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex requirements and assess compliance risk.
- Experience with defect analysis, reviewer calibration and process improvement.
- Strong stakeholder management, written communication and data-analysis skills.
Benefits
- Inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
- If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.
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