Attorney

Min 1 yrs required

Full-time

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## Immigration Attorney – Artistic Freedom Initiative

**Organization:** Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI)

**Job Title:** Immigration Attorney

**Starting Date:** January 2024

**Work Location:** New York City area

**Salary Range:** $65,000 – $75,000

**Benefits:**

- Health insurance, including dental and vision
- 12 PTO Vacation days, 6 PTO Sick days, 2 PTO Personal days
- 401(k)
- Observe 19 federal holidays
- Alternating 4-day workweek (office is closed every other Friday)
- Office is closed between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
- Flexible hybrid from home/in-office schedule

**Required Qualifications:**

- At least one year of experience with talent-based visa petitions (O-1B, P-3, EB-1A)
- Consular processing experience
- . from an accredited law school in the United States
- Admission to a . State Bar
- A team player that can work well collaboratively and independently within a small team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational, and verbal and communication skills
- Personal commitment to advancing human rights and/or the arts
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and pay attention to detail
- Ability to maintain relationships and interact professionally with a diverse set of clients
- Strong proofreading skills
- Ability to spot, analyze, and resolve issues appropriately
- Strong computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Office and Google applications
- Full vaccination against COVID-19 required

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Fluency in Farsi, Spanish, Arabic, French, or Dari
- Experience working on H1-B petitions, asylum applications, and/or humanitarian parole applications

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Prepare and draft a variety of immigration forms and supporting documents for visa petitions filed with USCIS, which includes O-1B, P-3, and EB-1 petitions, as well as asylum applications
- Handle consular processing procedure for immigrant and nonimmigrant visas
- Provide legal advice and guidance to clients
- Meet assigned deadlines and communicate case statuses and progress with Senior Attorney
- Limited legal research and analysis

## About Artistic Freedom Initiative

Led by immigration and human rights attorneys, Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI) facilitates pro bono immigration representation and resettlement assistance for international artists who are persecuted or censored.

Dedicated to safeguarding the right to artistic freedom, AFI was founded on the notion that artists are uniquely situated to positively and powerfully effect change, provided their voices can be heard. As artists are increasingly censored, imprisoned, restricted from moving freely across borders, tortured, or even killed, it is more critical than ever that we safeguard the right to artistic freedom and zealously champion the courageous artists who exercise it.

To this end, AFI directly assists artists who have experienced persecution, censorship, or other restrictions on their freedom of expression, and supports artists who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing progressive social change and fundamental human rights. We work with immigrant artists to champion art produced in exile, advance creative cultural exchange, improve conditions for artists in their home countries, and safeguard their ability to express themselves creatively through the arts.

## Immigration Attorney – Artistic Freedom Initiative

Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI) is currently seeking an Immigration Attorney to join their full-time legal team to support their growing case work for at-risk international artists.

The ideal candidate for this position should be highly-motivated, resourceful, detail-oriented, articulate, versatile, and socially conscious. They must also be comfortable self-directing in a dynamic environment and able to work well as part of a small but fast-paced team.

The Immigration Attorney position is for a one-year term, with the possibility of renewal. This position is based in the New York City area, with a hybrid in-person/remote work model.

### Required Qualifications

- At least one year of experience with talent-based visa petitions (O-1B, P-3, EB-1A)
- Consular processing experience
- . from an accredited law school in the United States
- Admission to a . State Bar
- A team player that can work well collaboratively and independently within a small team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational, and verbal and communication skills
- Personal commitment to advancing human rights and/or the arts
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and pay attention to detail
- Ability to maintain relationships and interact professionally with a diverse set of clients
- Strong proofreading skills
- Ability to spot, analyze, and resolve issues appropriately
- Strong computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Office and Google applications
- Full vaccination against COVID-19 required

### Preferred Qualifications

- Fluency in Farsi, Spanish, Arabic, French, or Dari
- Experience working on H1-B petitions, asylum applications, and/or humanitarian parole applications

### Key Responsibilities

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Health insurance, including dental and vision, 12 PTO Vacation days, 6 PTO Sick days, 2 PTO Personal days, 401(k), 19 federal holidays, Flexible hybrid from home/in-office schedule

Excellent interpersonal skills, Strong organizational, verbal, and communication skills, Strong proofreading skills, Ability to spot, analyze, and resolve issues appropriately, Strong computer skills, familiarity with Microsoft Office and Google applications

J.D. from an accredited law school in the United States

Send a single PDF document, containing a cover letter and resume, and writing sample and saved as "Last Name, First Name Immigration Attorney Application" to Zelo Safi at .

Qualification and Experience J.D. from an accredited law school in the United States, Admission to a U.S. State Bar

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