Immigration Partner
You lead EMEA immigration matters across the case lifecycle, prepare ILR applications, coordinate business travel visas, advise employees and managers, maintain right-to-work and sponsor compliance, manage external counsel, monitor legislative changes, improve processes, support sponsorship assessments, and report on immigration operations and risk.
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of EMEA immigration cases
- Prepare ILR applications and supporting documentation
- Coordinate global business travel visa requirements
- Advise employees, managers, and HR Business Partners on immigration matters
- Maintain right-to-work and sponsor-licence compliance
- Manage external immigration counsel and vendors
- Monitor legislative and policy changes across EMEA
- Update internal immigration playbooks
- Streamline processes and automate case tracking
- Partner with Talent Acquisition on sponsorship assessments and immigration planning
- Produce reporting on case volumes, SLAs, spend, and compliance risk
Requirements
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in a similar position
- Expertise in UK immigration including Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility, ILR, and sponsor licence management
- Working knowledge of France, Netherlands, and Switzerland immigration jurisdictions
- Knowledge of global business travel visa frameworks, Schengen rules, and short-term work authorization regimes
- Knowledge of right-to-work compliance, SMS, and Home Office reporting
- Legal qualification or OISC/IAA accreditation
- Analytical skills
- Knowledge of immigration rules
- Process improvement skills
- Technology and data skills
- Communication skills
- Ability to manage confidential information
- Ability to manage a high-volume caseload across jurisdictions and time zones
- Exposure to AI tools
- Reliable and predictable availability
Benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Travel medical insurance
- Group pension scheme
- Group life assurance
- Income protection schemes
- Paid parental leave
- Parking benefits
- Commuter benefits