Student Immigration Specialist

Overview

Job Title: Student Immigration Specialist

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job : 294597

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech’s faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation’s top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech’s Mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do.

• Students are our top priority.
• We strive for excellence.
• We thrive on diversity.
• We celebrate collaboration.
• We champion innovation.
• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• We act ethically.
• We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing challenges and opportunities; making technology broadly accessible; and developing principled leaders from all backgrounds.

The Student Immigration Specialist administers all aspects of student and scholar visa programs, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and alignment with institutional priorities. Works collaboratively with academic units, Human Resources, Enrollment Management, and the Office of General Counsel to support international enrollment and employment activities. Contributes to the development, integration, and implementation of policies and practices affecting visa-holding students and scholars.

Serves as a key point of contact for international students and scholars, academic advisors, HR partners, and representatives from Global HR. Acts as an official liaison between the Institute and federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State. Provides expert guidance and advisement to international students and employees on immigration matters.

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