Maria Matveenko Email & Phone Number

West Lafayette, In, Us

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

• Supporting the Director in the development of service strategies for Purdue affiliates such as but not limited to the Purdue Indy campus, Purdue Global, PARI, and PRF; and providing support of funded research agreements between Purdue and third-party entities;• Supporting the Assistant Director by drawing on legal education and training to provide specialist contributions to in-team mentorship, peer review, and training;• Handling a heavy caseload of employment-based permanent residence and/or complex nonimmigrant visa requests.

• Handling the administrative part of H-1B, TN, E-3 visas, and EB-2 procedures, particularly, collecting, reviewing documents, developing case strategy, submitting LCAs, finalizing support letters, writing cover letters, preparing the petitions, submitting petition packages to the corresponded agencies;• Advising on immigration matters, applying federal and university policy and procedures, and providing consultations on the visa options to hiring department administrative contacts, individual scholars, and their dependents;• Responding to Requests for Evidence if received;• Keeping case-related records and databases, as well as instructional and informational materials for internal (within an EBV team) and external (Visa-related guidelines on the University Website) usage;• Providing trainings and workshops to the departments and international scholars, introducing the University international community with the U.S. immigrant-related laws, regulations, procedures;• Communicating with DOL and USCIS officials regarding visa and immigration-related matters;• Maintaining University of Minnesota compliance with immigration regulations;• Participating in the office and employment-based visa team meetings to discuss office goals and ways to improve work quality;• Advocating for creating and supporting strong welcoming environment for employment-based visa holders.

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

• Handling the administrative visa procedures for medical faculty/residents/fellows and physicians while sponsoring them for H-1B, O-1, EB-2 (all steps) types of visas, collecting documents, preparing, and submitting non-immigrant (H-1B, O-1) and immigrant (EB-2) petitions, as well as J-1 Waiver applications on behalf of employer and employee;• Advising on immigration issues to the University hiring departments, HR/recruitment teams, and international scholars, and developing case strategies for medical cases;• Providing trainings and workshops to the departments and international scholars;• Organizing events for international students and scholars.

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

• Managing the administrative procedures for J-1, H-1B, O-1, EB-1b and EB-2 (all steps) types of visas, organizing files, managing accounts in immigration software, handling paperwork related to petitions;• Drafting various visa – related forms, reviewing supporting documents, preparing visa petitions for WV DHHR, USCIS, U.S.DOL and DOS;• Organizing events for international students and scholars, participating in international student and scholar orientations, assisted with family trips for international students and scholars.

Ivanovo, Russia

• Assisting in drafting international cooperation agreements between ISPEU and foreign universities and educational organizations, handling the office paperwork;• Organizing trips for Russian students and ISPEU staff to language schools and universities abroad;• Supporting communication via phone and emails.

Master'S Degree, Public Administration, Gpa 3.84

Master'S Degree, Tesol/Linguistics, Gpa 3.5

Bachelor'S Degree, History Teacher Education