Job Description

Position at DNEG
Title: Immigration Specialist
Location: Santacruz West, Mumbai
Key Purpose of the Job:
As an Immigration Specialist, you will oversee all aspects of the immigration process and will be responsible for communicating with employees, gathering application documents, reviewing files, and submitting applications. You will be responsible for an array of business immigration cases from inception to resolution and provide industry-leading service to employees by offering timely and clear immigration support. You will be required to follow the outlined company-developed onboarding and processing workflows.
Key Responsibilities

• Provide a consistent support to our employees by providing legal support and strategy right from the initiation to completion of process.
• Prepare and file initial submissions, re-submissions, of forms, responses and suggestions.
• Effectively communicate and provide regular updates to employees at all levels of the process.
• Improving the process by active and regular inputs/ modifications.
• Stay updated with the latest changes in the immigration related laws, international
• Managing the travel/stay and ensuring a good experience for the employees traveling from abroad.
• Working closely with the HR and Engagement teams to coordinate for various inhouse activities.
• Be the SPOC for the management for internal arrangements during various travel/important meeting and other such important occasions.

Must have:

• Should have experience in Inbound Immigration process ( expats coming to India)
• 8+ year of business immigration experience as an Immigration Specialist
• Good reasoning, decision-making and communication skills.
• Should be able to function independently and limited handholding.

Nice to have:

• Experience of leading entire Immigration team and process in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of immigration process for countries like - US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Spain

About Us
We are DNEG, one of the world's leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film, television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney).
At DNEG, we fundamentally believe that embracing our differences is a vital component of our collective success. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment for our global teams, where everyone feels they matter and belong. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of background, experience or disability. Please let us know if you need any adjustments or support during the application process, we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We look forward to meeting you!

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