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• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: 70,000 - 75,000

Position Summary

The International Student Adviser acts as appropriate to issue required US government documents for international students to obtain student visas, extend the students??? stay, apply for employment authorization, travel abroad, reenter the US, and other benefits as appropriate; consults with SEVIS Help Desk and US Custom & Immigration Services to resolve processing or status problems. The incumbent will act as Designated School Official (DSO) in issuing required US government documents for international students to obtain appropriate F-1 visas; and consult with the Associate Director on current federal regulations, policies, the Code of Federal Regulations, secondary references, and more complex immigration cases. The incumbent advises and provides guidance to F-1 students related to their opportunities, rights, and responsibilities on immigration regulations and university policies, including maintaining their legal status, extensions of stay, travel, transfers, and off-campus employment; evaluates immigration documents and academic records to determine students??? eligibility for off-campus employment (Curricular Practical Training, Pre/Post-Completion Optional Practical Training and STEM extension of OPT); prepares and issues all the necessary immigration documents needed for off-campus employment; serve as a University liaison and works directly with the State Department, US Department of Homeland Security, consular officers, and immigration officials on matters relating to non-immigrant foreign students as needed.

Responsibilities

• Type responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts, Management, Communications, or Education and/or equivalent experience.
   
• Minimum 2 years relevant immigration regulation, advisement, and compliance experience
  or equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of F-1 student immigration regulations,
  and SEVIS; ability to communicate effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds; excellent
  organizational, interpersonal, and written and oral communication skills; strong computer literacy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in cross-cultural communication, counseling, area or cultural studies, foreign
  language, international education, or TESOL.
   
• 3 years administering and advising federal F-1 immigration regulations as DSO in a higher education setting. Experience teaching/training/presenting.
• Degree in JD or paralegal experiences. At least 2 years of experience in interpreting laws, rulings, and regulations.
   
• Fluency in at least one foreign language; experience living abroad; familiarity with Microsoft Office and Web-based applications.
• Completion of NAFSA F-1 Professional Development Programs.

Other Requirements

• NB: U.S. government regulations require that Designated School Officials Alternate Responsible Officers be U.S. citizens or Legal
  Permanent Residents.

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Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

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