Immigration Specialist

Job description / Role

Job Description

The Immigration Specialist will coordinate the collection and processing of documents required for inbound and outbound immigration. The Immigration Specialist will ensure compliance with the company policies and processes involving local and international immigration practices and will work with government authorities to complete inbound immigration processes. This role will act as point person for foreign national inquiries for current attorneys, staff and recruits.

We encourage Emirati Nationals to apply for this role.

- Work with stakeholders to identify and complete work permit, residency, visa and immigration related documentation
- Initiate business visit visas / work visit visa requests through local authorities
- Ensure all paperwork and applications filed with the local immigration authorities, are completed accurately and in a timely manner
- Update and maintain internal company information systems with changes in immigration actions according to immigration department guidelines and maintaining visa tracking reports and providing regular updates on the status of deliverables
- Keep internal stakeholders informed of progress and work to identify immigration related solutions
- Act as a point of contact between government authorities and IBM for immigration related matters
- Provide comprehensive, expert guidance to attorneys and staff on all immigration matters throughout every stage of the process and provide consultation and guidance to pre-offer candidates
- Interact with internal and external recruiters, HR representatives, and business managers to manage and coordinate immigration processes for potential new hires and existing foreign national employees
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Ensure compliance with all applicable rules and regulations

Requirements

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent problem solving and quality control skills
- Good communication skills
- Computer literacy
- Ability to work with a team
- Excellent verbal and written correspondence skills
- Arabic & English Fluency

Preferred Tech and Prof Experience

- Eligible to work in UAE

EO Statement
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Preferred Education: None Commissionable: No

Key Job Details

- Country: AE
- State: DUBAI
- City: DUBAI
- Category: Human Resources
- Required Education: None
- Position Type: Early Professional
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Contract Type: Regular
- Location: DUBAI, DUBAI AE

About the Company

For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region's technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

Reinvention is a keyword in the company's history and, today, IBM is much more than a "hardware, software, services" company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company.