Position: Junior Visa Assistant x 4
Grade: Band 10
Location: Abu Dhabi
Contract: Fixed term contract for 2 years
The Role
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The British Embassy in Abu Dhabi has vacancies for 4x Junior Visa Assistants to work in the United Kingdom Visa & Immigration department. This is a key role within the largest Visa Section in the world ensuring that all visa applications are uploaded, processed, dispatched, and filed smoothly and swiftly. This role is the first point of contact for all visa applications entering the department; therefore accuracy and speed are essential to a smooth delivery of the operation.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Upload visa application data on to the Proviso system.
• To search for and link previous traces to all applications received by the Visa Section. To check each Proviso record for accuracy of data, cross referencing against other databases.
• To process and dispatch all applications refused on paper to Visa Facilitation Services (VFS), our commercial partners, by the end of the day.
• To carry out document verification checks, Arabic language skill would be an advantage.
• Maintain and update spreadsheets as required.
• Contact and answer enquiries by applicants as directed.
• Send faxes to various departments as requested.
• Scan and attach documents to the electronic record.
• Retrieve applications from registry.
• Sort applications into VAF No order.
• Look for missing files in relation to correspondence work.
• Processing appeal files;
o Acknowledging receipt
o Processing files ready for ECOs to assess
o Compiling files for photocopying
o Photocopying Appeal Bundles
o Dispatching appeals
• Assist when necessary with prepping documents for shredding.
• Take in the Embassy Emergency Plan and response to crisis situations.
Job Details
Date Posted: | 2013-10-24 |
Job Location: | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Job Role: | Administration |
Company Industry: | Government Sector |
Preferred Candidate
Career Level: | Entry Level |
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