Visa Specialist

The Visa Specialist supports professional exchanges between U.S. host companies and international students and young professionals for Train USA’s approximately 3000 Intern/Trainee, Teach and Research Scholar programs annually. The Visa Specialist evaluates exchange visitor applications for visa sponsorship; and provides hosts and participants support throughout their visa application process. The Visa Specialist serves as an Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO) for DHS’s SEVIS database.

We’re looking for the right candidate, not the perfect candidate. That’s why we encourage you to apply if you’re interested in the role and believe you’d be an asset to our team, even if you don’t check every box below:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum of 2-4 years of administrative support, customer service, or program management experience required.
• Strong critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, analytical thinking and presentation skills
• Ability to comfortably and confidently represent organization in a professional manner in meetings, events, presentations and calls with various stakeholders;
• Effectively communicates, both verbally and in writing, with supervisors, colleagues, external stakeholders and people of diverse backgrounds
• High level of concern for providing exceptional customer service
• Ability to multi-task, to prioritize workload, to organize, and to make decisions in a deadline sensitive environment
• Must possess extraordinary attention to detail for records and compliance responsibilities including internal policies and standard operating procedures
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate outcomes and problem solve
• Demonstrated ability to maintain proactive, flexible, inventive approach
• Ability to exhibit a collegial attitude and excel within a collaborative team working environment
• Strong personal commitment to continual professional development
• Interest in and commitment to cultural exchange and the mission of Cultural Vistas.

Having one or more of the following will really catch our eye:

• Proficiency in Salesforce or other CMS experience
• Experience with SEVIS and the J1 Intern/Trainee/Research Scholar/Specialist and Teacher Categories

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For more information on our benefit offerings, please visit: https://culturalvistas.org/get-involved/work-with-us