Job Description

 

Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, our 50 year old company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns four feed mills, manages 140,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow-finish sites. Our organization employs nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships. We are an industry leader with a proven commitment to ethical practices, food safety, and nutrition. Join our team!

 

Position Overview:

The Bilingual Visa and Immigration Coordinator is responsible for managing the company's visa and immigration processes while ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. This role serves as a key point of contact for employees and candidates requiring visa sponsorship, providing guidance and support throughout the application process. The coordinator will work closely with external legal partners, track visa statuses and expirations, manage foreign travel documentation, and maintain accurate immigration records.

 

From Our Manager:

"This is a great opportunity to own a significant piece of our immigration process and make a real difference in our organization.

• Hiring Manager, HR Operations Manager

 

What You Will Do:

• Assist applicants and employees with the visa application process, including TN, H-1B, employment-based Permanent Residency and other work visas.
• In coordination with external legal support, prepare, review, and submit necessary visa and immigration forms and petitions to government agencies, ensuring all documentation is complete and accurate.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of nonimmigrant visa and immigration laws and regulations to ensure compliance.
• Monitor expiration dates of visas and work permits to proactively manage renewals.
• Stay informed on immigration laws and regulations to maintain full compliance, proactively managing visa and work permit expirations and renewals.
• Provide guidance and support to employees on visa and immigration-related matters, including eligibility, timelines, and required documentation.
• Serve as the liaison between the company external legal partner for any visa and immigration-related inquiries, requests, or updates.
• Maintain accurate and organized records of all visa and immigration-related documentation, communications, and applications.
• Track and manage all foreign travel leaves to ensure documentation needed for travel is completed timely and leaves are administered within the dates permitted.
• Collaborate with HR and business leaders to track position movements including full-time/part-time changes of employees on work visas, ensuring compliance and proper documentation.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve the visa and immigration processes and related workflows, working closely with internal stakeholders to implement changes.
• Generate regular reports on the status of immigration cases, visa applications, renewals and expirations, and compliance audits for management and legal teams.
• Assist in development of visa and immigration policies and procedures that align with business goals.
• Assist with supplemental B reverification for I-9 purposes.

 

What You Offer Us:

• 1-3 years plus experience working with various visas and/or immigration processes, including TNs, H-1Bs, etc.
• Must have excellent judgment in handling sensitive and confidential information, strong organizational skills and attention to detail, collaboration skills, and be self-motivated.
• Fluent Bilingual skills in English and Spanish, both written and oral.
• Pluses: Education as paralegal, HR degree, Agriculture experience

 

What We Offer You:

• Great career growth opportunities.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, a flexible spending account (FSA), life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid time off bank, and employee assistance program (EAP), and more.
• Be an active part of an organization that gives back to the community in many ways – including feed programs that support local farms, food shelf programs, food support for veterans, agriculture education and promotion, FFA/4H support, charitable contributions, etc.
• A company that has a passionate purpose for food safety, animal welfare, and for living its core values every day – respect, integrity, excellence, adaptability, and innovation.
• A culture that fosters employee growth, hybrid work options, promotion from within, and a highly team-oriented workplace environment.
• The targeted base pay range for this role is $25 hourly to $32 hourly with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills, and experience.

 

Reports To:

HR Operations Manager

 

 

Christensen Farms promotes a culture of inclusion and strives to attract a diverse set of candidates for each of our open positions. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and proud to offer employment and growth opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

 

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Job Tags

Hourly pay, Permanent employment, Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Part time, Local area, Work visa, Free visa, H1b, Flexible hours,

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