About Jia Law Group
Jia Law Group (JLG) is a technology-enabled boutique law firm headquartered in New York City, with an international presence across Canada and Asia. We advise companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and global talent on complex U.S. immigration matters.
Our Business Immigration team combines sophisticated legal strategy with a highly collaborative, technology-forward approach to casework. We use AI-assisted workflows, automation, and modern case-management tools to reduce repetitive work and allow our team to spend more time on analysis, strategy, and client service.
About the Role
We are looking for an EB-5 & Business Immigration Paralegal to join our New York team.
This is not a document-processing position. You will have meaningful responsibility for EB-5 matters, including analyzing source and path of funds, identifying evidentiary issues, working directly with clients, and helping attorneys build well-documented cases from intake through filing.
The role is particularly well suited for someone who enjoys investigative and analytical work—following financial transactions, understanding how funds moved across accounts and jurisdictions, spotting gaps in documentation, and turning complex records into a clear and supportable case narrative.
You will work closely with a senior practitioner with nearly 30 years of experience in global mobility and complex immigration matters, including Chair-level experience within AILA.
What You'll Do
- Manage assigned EB-5 matters from intake through filing and case completion, working closely with supervising attorneys.
- Analyze source and path of funds and supporting financial documentation, including bank records, tax documents, business records, property transactions, gifts, loans, investments, and domestic and international fund transfers.
- Trace financial transactions across multiple accounts, entities, and jurisdictions and help organize the evidence into a clear, documented flow of funds.
- Identify missing records, inconsistencies, unexplained transactions, and other potential evidentiary issues before they become filing problems.
- Communicate directly with clients to understand their financial history, clarify transactions, request supporting evidence, and keep matters moving forward.
- Assist attorneys in developing source-of-funds documentation and case narratives.
- Support responses to RFEs, NOIDs, and other USCIS requests by analyzing the issues raised and identifying and organizing responsive evidence.
- Maintain accurate case files, track deadlines, and proactively manage outstanding items across multiple matters.
- Support other business immigration matters—including O-1, L-1, E-2, H-1B, EB-1, PERM/I-140, Adjustment of Status, and Consular Processing—as needed.
What We're Looking For
Required:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with detailed financial and supporting documentation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple active matters and deadlines.
- Sound judgment and the ability to identify problems rather than simply process documents.
- A proactive working style—you follow up, ask questions, and move matters forward without waiting to be told every next step.
Strongly preferred:
- 2+ years of experience with EB-5 matters, source-of-funds analysis, financial tracing, or other document-intensive immigration work.
- Familiarity with EB-5 source and path of funds requirements.
- Experience analyzing domestic or international financial transactions.
- Experience communicating directly with immigration clients.
Also valuable:
- Experience with other employment-based immigration matters.
- Experience with immigration case-management software.
- Professional proficiency in Mandarin or another language commonly used by international investors.
We are also interested in candidates with strong business immigration experience who may have less direct EB-5 exposure but have demonstrated exceptional analytical ability and are interested in developing deeper EB-5 expertise.
You'll Likely Thrive Here If You
Enjoy figuring out why something doesn't add up.
You are comfortable opening a large set of bank statements, transaction records, and supporting documents and reconstructing what happened rather than waiting for someone else to explain it.
You communicate confidently with clients, follow up when information is missing, and know when an issue needs to be escalated to an attorney.
You want substantive responsibility and professional growth rather than a role centered primarily on forms and document collection.
And you are interested in working at a firm that is actively changing how immigration legal work gets done through technology, automation, and AI.
What We Offer
- Substantive case ownership. Work directly on complex EB-5 matters rather than functioning solely as administrative support.
- Direct mentorship. Work closely with highly experienced immigration practitioners on sophisticated cases.
- A defined career path. Clear expectations and professional milestones for advancement.
- Professional development. Firm-sponsored immigration training, certifications, and continuing education opportunities.
- Legal technology experience. Hands-on exposure to AI and automation initiatives that are changing how immigration practices operate.
- Broader business immigration exposure. Opportunities to develop experience across investor, extraordinary ability, intracompany transfer, and employment-based matters.
- Professional visibility. Opportunities to contribute to firm thought leadership and industry initiatives.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Modern Financial District office in Manhattan.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Jia Law Group is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on business needs and the qualifications of candidates without regard to race, sex, age, religion, national origin, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Candidates offered employment may be subject to background checks as permitted or required by applicable law and firm policy.
For additional information about Jia Law Group, visit www.jialawgroup.com.
