Remote paralegals for US immigration firms
Dedicated case support for asylum, removal defense, family petitions, and naturalization — working inside the case management system you already use, under your supervision, with every filing reviewed and approved by your attorneys.
What this is: a dedicated paralegal inside your practice, contracted through an ISO/IEC 27001:2022-certified entity, with a written attorney supervision protocol and a client-consent template provided at onboarding — because under ABA Formal Opinion 08-451 that disclosure is your obligation, not an optional extra.
Why now
Caseloads grew. Headcount didn't.
The pressure on immigration practices in 2026 is concentrated in humanitarian and court work, and it is not easing.
3,195,137 cases pending in immigration court
The EOIR backlog reached 3,195,137 cases as of June 2026, up 12% year over year, with average waits approaching 900 days. Court deadlines are fixed and do not move for staffing shortages.
2,310,698 asylum applications awaiting decision
Asylum work is evidence-heavy and document-heavy — declarations, country conditions, exhibit indexing. It is the least automatable work in immigration practice and the most time-expensive per case.
Admin work is eating billable hours
Small-firm survey data puts scattered information across disconnected tools as the single largest source of friction, ahead of intake speed. The fix is staff who work inside your system — not another tool bolted onto the side.
Sources: TRAC Immigration, June 2026; Vera Institute, FY2025. Figures describe the US immigration system generally and are not a representation about any individual firm's caseload.
Services
Case support, not data entry
Work is scoped to immigration procedure and performed inside your case management system. Every filing goes to your attorneys for review and approval before submission.
Removal defense and immigration court support
EOIR filing preparation, respondent document assembly, master calendar and individual hearing packet preparation, and deadline tracking against court-set dates.
- —EOIR filing and exhibit preparation
- —Hearing packet assembly and indexing
- —Court deadline tracking with escalation
Asylum and humanitarian case preparation
Declaration formatting, country-conditions evidence compilation, exhibit indexing, and supporting-document organization structured the way adjudicators expect to receive it.
- —Country-conditions research compilation
- —Declaration formatting and exhibit indexing
- —Supporting evidence collection and labeling
Family petitions and naturalization
Preparation of family-based petitions, adjustment applications, and naturalization filings, with evidence checklists generated per filing type.
- —Petition and application preparation
- —Evidence checklist generation per filing type
- —Filing fee and edition-date verification
Case status tracking and client updates
Ongoing monitoring of case status changes and processing-time benchmarks, with proactive client status updates.
- —Receipt and notice monitoring
- —Processing-time benchmarking
- —Scheduled client status updates
Employment-based petition support (H-1B, I-140, PERM) is available as a secondary service line. Remote paralegal support does not constitute legal advice. All filings require review and approval by a supervising licensed attorney.
Scope
What we do, and what only your attorneys do
Unauthorised practice is the first thing a legal buyer checks, so here is the line stated plainly. It matches sections 3 and 4 of the supervision protocol executed at onboarding — the marketing claim and the contractual clause are the same document.
Assigned personnel may
Performed under your supervision, inside your systems
- Prepare draft petitions, applications and forms from firm-supplied information
- Collect, label, index and organise supporting evidence and exhibits
- Format declarations and compile country-conditions material
- Prepare draft response language for requests for further evidence
- Assemble filing, hearing and master-calendar packets
- Maintain case status records, receipts and notices
- Track deadlines and escalate them to the supervising attorney
- Send administrative scheduling and document-request updates
- Run completeness checks against the firm’s own checklists
Only your attorneys may
Never delegated, under any engagement
- Giving legal advice to any client or prospective client
- Deciding or recommending case strategy, filing category or relief sought
- Assessing the merits or likely outcome of a matter
- Signing, certifying or submitting any filing
- Appearing before, or communicating as a representative with, any court or agency
- Accepting engagements, quoting fees or negotiating terms
- Advising on eligibility, admissibility or the consequences of any action
- Exercising independent professional judgment on any question reserved to a lawyer
Remote paralegal support does not constitute legal advice. Every filing is reviewed and approved by a supervising licensed attorney before submission, and responsibility for the representation remains with the firm.
The part most providers skip
Offshore legal support has ethics rules. We hand you the paperwork.
Outsourcing client work to non-lawyers outside your firm triggers real obligations. ABA Formal Opinion 08-451 requires disclosure and client consent where those non-lawyers receive information protected by Model Rule 1.6, and Rules 5.1 and 5.3 require you to supervise the work as if it were your own.
State rules go further in places. Florida Ethics Opinion 07-2 requires disclosure for overseas outsourcing outright. California, New York, and North Carolina have issued their own opinions.
We give you a client-consent template, a written supervision protocol, and a signed data processing agreement at onboarding. Your state bar rules govern and your firm remains responsible for compliance — but you should not have to draft this from scratch to hire a paralegal.
What sits behind the engagement
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified ISMS
An independently certified information security management system covering how personnel are vetted, onboarded, and given access to client matters. Compliance details →
A named contracting entity
LegelpTech Outsourcing Private Limited, CIN U82990DL2025PTC446352. Not a marketplace, not a broker. Contracting framework →
Role-scoped system access
Access limited to assigned matters, provisioned under role-based permissions and revoked on offboarding. Compliance details →
Pricing
Flat monthly plans
Compared with $28–$50 per hour, or $45,000–$62,000 a year before benefits and overhead, for an equivalent in-house US immigration paralegal.
Part-time support
Document assembly and case tracking at 20 hours per week.
- ✓Dedicated paralegal, 20 hrs/week
- ✓Petition and application preparation
- ✓Case status tracking
- ✓Works inside your case management system
Dedicated full-time paralegal
Full case-lifecycle support at 40 hours per week.
- ✓Full-time dedicated paralegal
- ✓Evidence assembly and filing preparation
- ✓Client communication support
- ✓Works inside your case management system
- ✓Cross-trained backup on file
Multi-paralegal team
For practices running high monthly case volume.
- ✓Two or more dedicated paralegals
- ✓Dedicated account manager
- ✓Custom SLA and escalation paths
- ✓Volume-based rate
How it works
Four steps, starting with a call that costs nothing
Free case audit call
A 30-minute review of your current caseload, bottlenecks, and case management system. No cost and no obligation.
Matching, agreement, and client consent
We match a paralegal to your practice mix and execute the confidentiality and data processing agreements. You receive the client-consent template and supervision protocol before any file access is granted.
Scoped system access and paid trial
Role-based access to your case management system, limited to assigned matters, followed by a paid trial period on live but lower-risk casework so you can assess quality before committing further.
Caseload handoff
Your paralegal takes on the agreed scope under your supervision, with a cross-trained backup briefed on your account so coverage survives absence or transition.
FAQ
What immigration attorneys ask first
How much does it cost to outsource immigration paralegal work?+
A dedicated remote immigration paralegal through Paralegal Bench runs $1,200 per month at 20 hours a week, or $2,600 per month full-time at 40 hours a week. An equivalent in-house US immigration paralegal costs $28 to $50 per hour, or roughly $45,000 to $62,000 a year before benefits and overhead.
Can a remote paralegal legally prepare immigration filings?+
Yes, within defined limits. A paralegal may prepare petitions and applications, assemble supporting evidence, and draft response language, but every filing must be reviewed and approved by a supervising licensed attorney before submission. Paralegals do not give legal advice, do not sign filings, and do not make case strategy decisions. That authority stays with the attorney at all times.
Do I have to tell my clients that work is being done offshore?+
In most cases, yes. ABA Formal Opinion 08-451 requires disclosure and client consent where non-lawyers outside your firm will receive information protected by Model Rule 1.6, and Rules 5.1 and 5.3 require you to supervise that work. Some states go further — Florida Ethics Opinion 07-2 requires disclosure for overseas outsourcing outright, and California, New York, and North Carolina have issued their own opinions. We provide a client-consent template and a written supervision protocol at onboarding, but your state bar rules govern and your firm remains responsible for compliance.
How is this different from a generalist virtual assistant?+
Two differences that matter. First, the work is scoped to immigration procedure and runs inside your existing case management system rather than in a separate inbox and spreadsheet. Second, delivery sits under a named contracting entity — LegelpTech Outsourcing Pvt Ltd — with an ISO/IEC 27001:2022-certified information security management system, a signed data processing agreement, and a written supervision protocol. Most virtual assistant providers offer none of that, which is a problem when the data in question is a client immigration file.
What case management systems can your paralegals work in?+
We work inside the system your firm already uses rather than asking you to adopt ours — Docketwise, INSZoom, Clio, MyCase, or your firm’s system of record. Access is provisioned under role-based permissions scoped to the matters your paralegal is assigned, and is revoked on offboarding.
Who do we actually contract with, and where does liability sit?+
All engagements are contracted with LegelpTech Outsourcing Private Limited (CIN U82990DL2025PTC446352), a private limited company registered in New Delhi, India. Legelp Services LLC in Cheyenne, WY is an administrative presence only and is not a contracting party. The full contracting framework, including the MSA, NDA, and DPA structure, is published on our contracting page.
Start with a case audit, not a sales call
Tell us your practice mix and the system you run cases in, and we'll show you specifically where a dedicated paralegal would take work off your desk — and what it would cost.