Immigration Specialist

Junior Immigration Specialist

Location: Houston, TX

Working Style / Contract Type: Permanent, full time, hybrid

Competitive Salary bonus & benefits

About Conexus MedStaff

At Conexus MedStaff, we don’t just recruit healthcare professionals — we empower them to thrive.

We're a dedicated healthcare recruitment and staffing agency, that supports international registered nurses, U.S. nursing graduates, and international medical technologists to turn their dreams of a healthcare career in the U.S. into reality.

Our work changes lives — and strengthens communities.

Whether it's providing the support our candidates need to build successful, fulfilling careers or helping our clients deliver exceptional patient care, we’re all in. We lead with purpose, guided by a commitment to ethical practices, excellence in care, and a deep belief in the power of diversity to drive innovation.

To improve community wellbeing by investing in and supporting healthcare professionals, ensuring stability, quality, and long-term impact for the patients and clients we serve.

Why We Do It

At Conexus, we believe that when healthcare professionals feel supported, valued, and inspired, they deliver their best. Our vision is clear: we are one team, driven by purpose, building better futures — one healthcare professional at a time.

Purpose of the role

The role holder is responsible for performing intake of cases, analyse case documents and prepare and file immigration applications with the appropriate government agency. The role holder is expected to work as part of a global team, acting as the internal immigration expert, supporting internal teams manage HCPs through the immigration process.

The role holder will collaborate with Recruitment, Marketing, Finance, Payroll, Credentialing, Deployment, Selection, Client Engagement Managers, and Operations teams to ensure the agreed workforce plan is maintained and delivered and that candidates have a positive candidate experience.

• Draft, review, prepare supporting documentation and file non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications (EB3, EB2, E3, H-1B, TN and AOS).
• Review RFEs & NOIDs, organize HCP’s documentation and in collaboration with attorneys, draft and submit responses.
• Monitoring status of all filed applications and proactively manage appropriate activities (inquiries, NVC expedite requests, embassy interviews).
• Process EAD requests and renewals.
• Prepare and maintain H-1B public access files.
• Collaborate with credentialing agency to proactively manage education equivalency assessments.
• Communicate with government agencies to track status and/or resolve issues and concerns.
• Collaborate with client services and legal counsel to request PWDs and maintain valid posting notices.
• Serve as an in-house immigration expert and address HCP escalations as needed.
• Perform a wide range of varied case related duties requiring specialized knowledge and skills in employment-based immigration matters.
• Administer Payments to federal agencies and credentialling agencies.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree or 2 years of immigration experience or equivalent experience within healthcare staffing or similar industries.
• Ability to work independently within a fast-paced environment.
• Delivering high volume with high levels of quality and accuracy.
• Building effective working relations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Planning and organizing workload.
• Ability to meet deadlines and goals.
• Able to multitask with competing demands and ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Experience using an Immigration Case Management System.
• Experience using various computer systems, including Microsoft Excel.

Conexus MedStaff provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.