Swapna Basavena

• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• responsible for preparing immigration application packages for all US immigration processes
• work with the immigration case managers to assist with application filings and track active case statuses.
• Conduct legal research on corporate and regulatory matters related to professional corporations.
• Draft and review legal documents, contracts, and agreements pertaining to professional corporations
• Assist in due diligence processes for mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.
• Maintain and organize legal files, ensuring accurate and timely document management.
• Interact with clients professionally, addressing inquiries and providing updates on cases.
  Skilled in creation and maintenance of corporate minute books
• Stay current with changes in corporate laws and regulations relevant to professional corporations.

• Manage end-to-end immigration matters for multiple concurrent applicants

• Facilitate the gathering of documentation and the preparation, review and filing of immigration applications Prepare responses to immigration governing bodies (i.e. IRCC, ESDC, USCIS and DOL)

• Acting as the key point of contact for client inquiries at all stages; sending out initiation for files and providing clients with status updates throughout the life-cycle of their file

Full accountability of assigned files or applications including checking client ledgers and billing processes, reviewing invoices for approval

• Scheduling appointments and meetings with clients

Ensuring that timelines and deadlines are diarized and met including expiry dates and other key dates

• Experience working with High Volume Accounts (Clients)

Interacting with client manager and Initiate cases to get them started with the project

• Requesting reports for new cases and Requests for Evidence Reviewing/closing matters based on term report

• Perform more substantive and client facing work than is typical for a Paralegal in a law firm setting including varied case related duties requiring specialized knowledge and skills in employment-based immigration matters

• Experience working with case management and other reporting tools and technologies used to manage data and information (INS Zoom)

• Recommend solutions and process improvement to clients

Work with moderate supervision and guidance and be accountable for results and their impact on team

• Experience working with High Volume Account Clients to perform intake of cases, troubleshooting issues and establishing case strategy

• Analyze case documents and prepare immigration applications for filing with the appropriate government agency

• Draft petitions, applications and specialized support letters detailing eligibility for visa classification and other immigration benefits.

• Communicate regularly with clients and foreign nationals regarding procedural and case processing issues

• Assist with the review of cases

• Review and approve client billing under supervision of partner or attorney

• Prioritize assigned cases and ensure the timely submission of the case within the strict deadlines.

• Worked on H1B Transfer, Cap Cases, Amendments , TN1, TN2 POE's, TN USCIS, E3 Consular and E3 Uscis.

• Oversee status of cases through utilization of case management and billing systems

• Run reports as needed

• Work closely with team and provide updates while building knowledge of firm and client processes.

• Receive continuous training and development on requirements for various types of non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions and applications.

• Act as a case/matter management specialist within employment-based immigration

• Provide guidance to lower level paralegals and others on case matters

• Complete work assignments independently

• Organizing and preparing submissions for various government petitions and applications;

• Monitoring expiration dates, setting reminders, and meeting deadlines;

• Extensive experience in working/Filing H1B petitions, Extensions,

• Amendments, Transfers,PERMS (work on I-129, I-140, LCA's I907, G-28's,

• PWD)

• Preparation of employment letters, offer letters, I983's, and other documents based on the attorney suggestion for the new and existing employees

• Draft petitions, applications and specialized support letters detailing eligibility for visa classification and other immigration benefits

• Respond to inquiries regarding U.S

• Immigration case status, potential additional available options, including displacement or transfer strategies, by working closely with employees, their managers

• Assist with business development and marketing activities

• H1B CAP, Extension, Transfers, amendments Filing and LCA Management

• Preparation of Public access files and maintain the immigration records for compliance

• Screening all the documents as per the checklist and getting the petition ready

• Filling I-129, I-129H, I-129DC, LCA, Petition Letter, Supporting documents

• Verifying Client Letter and Vendor letters, modifying based on the petition

• Skills

• Hubspot -CRM Platform

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Excel

• Asana - Work and project

• Management Tool

• Ciepal -Recruitment

• Initial point of contact for all the immigration and bench sales related activities

• Experience in creating the LCA cases in the attorney portal and arrange all the necessary documentation before the LCA get certified

• Ability to identify the complexity and risk associated with the cases and take the appropriate decision

• Versee all aspects of the Visa and Immigration Service, ensuring that the process runs smooth

• Coordinate, prepare and assmble applications/petitions, file and track H1B

• Cap, Transfers, cap-Exempt, E3, TN and Perm applications

• Ensures all paperwork, including applications of immigrations visas are completed accurately and in a timely manner , advice and provide immigration guidance to recruiters and hiring managers on hiring of new associates

• Maintains personnel files in compliance with applicable legal reuirements

• Maintaince of public acces files for compliance

• Conduct implementation of immigration services with new and existing clients based on corporate policies Educated and trained HR personnel on U.S

• Immigration requirements and ensured adherence to organizational procedures and global compliance Collect and arrange client documents and data for application submission while maintaining confidentiality

• Maintain and coordinate case management files in accordance with the

• Department of Homeland Security and State regulations and guidelines Develop, update, and manage internal immigration resources, process flows, procedures, and monthly status reports with strict attention to detail

• Review client and vendor letters, status reports, Timesheets of the employees and get the necessary corrections done

• Preparation of employment letters, Offer letters, I983's, and other documents based on the attorney suggestion for the new and existing employees

• Preparation of I-983's of consultants and updating the universities upon the consultants leaving the organization

• Documentation and preparation of H1B CAP, Cap-Exempt, Transfer,

• Extension, Amendments,PERMS, TN's and E3 Visa application

• LCA Filings and public Access Files maintaince

• On instruction from the lawyer, research current processing requirements at service centres/consulates etc
  Manage the lifecycle of applications including, document collection, drafting, reviewing, editing and submission of packages.
• Collect information and documentation from HR contacts and applicants.
  Using available resources, draft complete application packages for review by the supervising lawyer.
  Ensure that applications are filed in a timely manner.
  Meet with lawyers to discuss questions raised by the client and then relate information back to the HR contact/applicant.
  Draft emails in response to queries by clients and notify them of updates to their applications.
  Delegate appropriate work to support staff, such as: completion of forms, copying of documents, and mailing out application packages.
• Follow up with immigration authorities on pending applications.
• Conduct electronic data entry including billing and general client information in applicant tracking system.
• Ensure that lawyers are at all times advised of client related issues.

• Responsible for the training and development of new joined in the organization and give them the complete KT about the process

• Full cycle recruiting from sourcing through hire, including pre-screening, behavioral interviewing, coordination of interviews, salary negotiation, relocations, background check

• Take care about the background verification calls for the employees and assist them in filling the BGC forms once employees gets confirmed for the project

• Conduct the mock calls to the employees before they get into marketing

• Conduct weekly calls to the employees in marketing and suggest them about the sales process and make them understand the process and client and vendor expectations

• Responsible for getting PO and Master Agreements signed by Vendors/

• Clients

• Getting new Vendor Contacts

• Making tie-ups with Prime Vendors/Clients

• Responsible for marketing our own bench consultants for jobs

• Maintaining consultants hot list and send this Hot list to various clients/vendors Head hunting the requirements from the personal references

• High level of proficiency with MS Outlook, Office, MS Word and Excel software

• Work with consultants and candidates to develop effective resumes

• Refining and targeting resumes to suit specific requirements

• Responsible for recruiting IT candidates of all levels for various technical positions ranging from Telecom, to Project Management and Software

• Development

• Working extensively on marketing our own Consultants

• Generating requirements for our consultants

• Making marketing calls to get new requirements and maintain long-term relationship with the

• Vendors

• Screened incoming resumes, conducted interviews and performed reference checks

• Negotiated pay rates with candidates and bill rates with vendors

• Successfully recruit and close candidates for consulting, solutions work and direct placement opportunities

• Work with consultants and candidates to develop effective resumes

• Interview candidates prior to resume submittal ompletely prep (prepare) the candidate prior to client interviews

• Negotiate salaries and hourly pay rates, as well as determined client bill rates based on established matrix and criteria

• Full cycle recruiting from sourcing through hire, including pre-screening, behavioral interviewing, coordination of interviews, salary negotiation, relocations, background check

• Develop strong relationships with hiring managers in order to determine hiring needs

• Follow-up with Vendors and Recruiters on the requirements

• Building database of Vendors

• Applying profiles in dice, monster, Corp-Corp, carrier builder and preparing hotlist of available consultants

• Ensure that consultants get calls on daily basis

• Ensuring timely submissions to the clients

• Provide training to consultants how to handle vendor calls, updating resume according to the requirement

• Regular follow-ups with the vendor regarding the status of the submissions made

• Ensuring smooth exchange of paper work, such as NCA, pre-interview agreement, contracts and purchase orders etc

• Scheduling Interviews for Consultants and guiding them at the time of interview by providing the information of the client

• Ensuring minimum number of layers between Horizon and end clients

• Refining and targeting resumes to suit specific requirements