NEIL PAULING

40 hours/week Supervisor: Iris G. Bonilla 860-841-9372 $109,994/year Highest Clearance held: Secret (currently active)

• Adjudicate complex and highly sensitive applications for immigration benefits, while interviewing applicants and petitioners to elicit statements in order to assess credibility and determine the applicant’s eligibility for the benefit sought.
• Identify, articulate, and pursue suspected immigration benefit fraud in coordination with local and regional Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) officers.
• Independently research, interpret, and apply appropriate statutes, regulations, and precedent decisions within the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render legally sound adjudicative decisions.
• Perform security checks and provide direct assistance to FDNS and other Federal and local law enforcement agencies in identifying and referring non-citizens who pose a threat to national security and public safety.

40 hours/week Supervisor: Lisa M. LaCouture 518-573-2832 $83,760/year Highest Clearance held: Secret (currently active)

• Adjudicated complex and highly sensitive applications for immigration benefits, while interviewing applicants and petitioners to elicit statements in order to assess credibility and determine the applicant’s eligibility for the benefit sought.
• Conducted training for newer officers and ensure quality assurance of their work.
• Identified, articulated, and pursued suspected immigration benefit fraud in coordination with local and regional Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) officers.
• Independently researched, interpreted, and applied appropriate statutes, regulations, and precedent decisions within the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render legally sound adjudicative decisions.
• Performed security checks and provided direct assistance to FDNS and other Federal and local law enforcement agencies in identifying and referring noncitizens who pose a threat to national security and public safety.

40 hours/week Supervisor: Michael R. Bailey $59,426/year Highest Clearance held: Secret (currently active)

• Interviewed applicants and petitioners to elicit statements in order to assess credibility and determine the applicant’s eligibility for the benefits sought.
• Granted or denied various complex and highly sensitive applications and petitions for immigration benefits including Forms N-400, I-751, I-485, I-130, I-730, I-601, and I-212.
• Identified, articulated, and pursued suspected immigration benefit fraud.
• Independently researched, interpreted, and applied appropriate statutes, regulations, and precedent decisions within the Immigration & Nationality Act in order to render legally sound adjudicative decisions.
• Conducted security checks and provided direct and continuing assistance USCIS Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other Federal and local law enforcement agencies in identifying and referring non-citizens who pose a threat to national security, public safety, and to combat fraud.