Green Card Legal Counsel Jobs
Legal Counsel roles at U.S. corporations and law departments qualify for employment-based green card sponsorship under EB-2 or EB-3, depending on your degree level and credentials. Your employer files a PERM labor certification with the DOL before petitioning USCIS, permanently anchoring your immigration status to the role rather than a temporary visa.
Find Green Card Legal Counsel JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 115+ Legal Counsel jobs
See all 115+ Legal Counsel Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new Legal Counsel roles.
Get Access To All JobsThe Company
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.
Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.
Job Summary:
This job participates in complex problem resolution and leads complex projects of diverse scope requiring an understanding of current business trends. They determine methods and procedures for new or special assignments, and their initiatives often result in global process improvements.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented legal advice to enable business strategy while managing legal risk.
- Participate in complex problem resolution, providing expert legal advice on high-stakes issues and disputes.
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
- Partner with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.
- Manage legal risks and safeguard PayPal's legal interests, developing comprehensive risk management frameworks.
- Escalate complex issues to senior legal leadership where appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications:
8+ years relevant experience and a Juris doctorate degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Responsibilities
- Serve as product and regulatory counsel for new and existing PayPal and Venmo consumer credit products, including BNPL and other emerging credit offerings, both closed and open-end, partnering with Product, Credit Risk, Compliance, Marketing, and Finance from concept through launch and ongoing operation, to include complaints and issue management.
- Advise on product design, disclosures, underwriting and adverse action, servicing, collections, marketing, and customer communications to ensure compliance with federal and state consumer credit laws, including TILA/Reg. Z, ECOA/Reg. B, FCRA/Reg. V, EFTA/Reg. E, UDAAP, GLBA, SCRA/MLA, TCPA, and state lending, licensing, and other emerging product-specific laws.
- Support BNPL expansion through new merchant integrations, platform partnerships, and agentic commerce, including review of sales materials and related commercial and program agreements.
- Support government relations and policy efforts by analyzing newly enacted and proposed laws and regulations, assessing their impact on PayPal and Venmo products, and helping to prepare comment letters, legislative advocacy, and implementation plans.
- Support regulatory exams, inquiries, and audits by federal and state regulators (e.g., CFPB, FTC, and state agencies), and help manage outside counsel.
- Monitor and communicate emerging legal and regulatory developments in consumer credit and fintech, and develop practical guidance, templates, and training for business partners.
- Identify opportunities to use AI-enabled tools to improve legal workflows and speed reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience as in-house counsel at a fintech, bank, or lender, or at a law firm with a consumer financial services regulatory practice, advising on consumer credit products from design through launch.
- Deep working knowledge of TILA/Reg. Z, FCRA/Reg. V, ECOA/Reg. B, and UDAAP, and state law equivalents, with direct experience in BNPL, installment lending, or other short-term and small-dollar credit products.
- Substantial FCRA expertise, particularly in credit reporting, furnishing, or consumer report use cases.
- Familiarity with state consumer lending and licensing regimes and the evolving state BNPL legislative and regulatory landscape, as well as landscapes governing other emerging consumer credit products; experience with legislative or regulatory advocacy is a plus.
- Experience supporting bank partnership or program-manager models and with regulatory exams and agency engagement (CFPB, FTC, state regulators).
- Experience with commercial partnership and technology agreements, and an interest in emerging areas such as agentic commerce.
- Strong business judgment, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical advice for senior business leaders and to balance risk with opportunity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable managing multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Collaborative, proactive, and curious, with high standards of integrity and discretion.
Subsidiary:
PayPal
Travel Percent:
0
The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:
Primary Location | Pay Range:
Washington DC, District of Columbia; ($169,000.00 - $250,800.00 Annually)
Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:
Chicago, Illinois: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
Austin, Texas: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
Scottsdale, Arizona: ($152,500.00 - $226,600.00 Annually)
Omaha, Nebraska: ($152,500.00 - $226,600.00 Annually)
Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable. PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.
For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.
Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset - you. That’s why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.
Who We Are:
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.
Belonging at PayPal:
Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.
Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.
We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.
The Company
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.
Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.
Job Summary:
This job participates in complex problem resolution and leads complex projects of diverse scope requiring an understanding of current business trends. They determine methods and procedures for new or special assignments, and their initiatives often result in global process improvements.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented legal advice to enable business strategy while managing legal risk.
- Participate in complex problem resolution, providing expert legal advice on high-stakes issues and disputes.
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
- Partner with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.
- Manage legal risks and safeguard PayPal's legal interests, developing comprehensive risk management frameworks.
- Escalate complex issues to senior legal leadership where appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications:
8+ years relevant experience and a Juris doctorate degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Responsibilities
- Serve as product and regulatory counsel for new and existing PayPal and Venmo consumer credit products, including BNPL and other emerging credit offerings, both closed and open-end, partnering with Product, Credit Risk, Compliance, Marketing, and Finance from concept through launch and ongoing operation, to include complaints and issue management.
- Advise on product design, disclosures, underwriting and adverse action, servicing, collections, marketing, and customer communications to ensure compliance with federal and state consumer credit laws, including TILA/Reg. Z, ECOA/Reg. B, FCRA/Reg. V, EFTA/Reg. E, UDAAP, GLBA, SCRA/MLA, TCPA, and state lending, licensing, and other emerging product-specific laws.
- Support BNPL expansion through new merchant integrations, platform partnerships, and agentic commerce, including review of sales materials and related commercial and program agreements.
- Support government relations and policy efforts by analyzing newly enacted and proposed laws and regulations, assessing their impact on PayPal and Venmo products, and helping to prepare comment letters, legislative advocacy, and implementation plans.
- Support regulatory exams, inquiries, and audits by federal and state regulators (e.g., CFPB, FTC, and state agencies), and help manage outside counsel.
- Monitor and communicate emerging legal and regulatory developments in consumer credit and fintech, and develop practical guidance, templates, and training for business partners.
- Identify opportunities to use AI-enabled tools to improve legal workflows and speed reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience as in-house counsel at a fintech, bank, or lender, or at a law firm with a consumer financial services regulatory practice, advising on consumer credit products from design through launch.
- Deep working knowledge of TILA/Reg. Z, FCRA/Reg. V, ECOA/Reg. B, and UDAAP, and state law equivalents, with direct experience in BNPL, installment lending, or other short-term and small-dollar credit products.
- Substantial FCRA expertise, particularly in credit reporting, furnishing, or consumer report use cases.
- Familiarity with state consumer lending and licensing regimes and the evolving state BNPL legislative and regulatory landscape, as well as landscapes governing other emerging consumer credit products; experience with legislative or regulatory advocacy is a plus.
- Experience supporting bank partnership or program-manager models and with regulatory exams and agency engagement (CFPB, FTC, state regulators).
- Experience with commercial partnership and technology agreements, and an interest in emerging areas such as agentic commerce.
- Strong business judgment, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical advice for senior business leaders and to balance risk with opportunity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable managing multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Collaborative, proactive, and curious, with high standards of integrity and discretion.
Subsidiary:
PayPal
Travel Percent:
0
The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:
Primary Location | Pay Range:
Washington DC, District of Columbia; ($169,000.00 - $250,800.00 Annually)
Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:
Chicago, Illinois: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
Austin, Texas: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
Scottsdale, Arizona: ($152,500.00 - $226,600.00 Annually)
Omaha, Nebraska: ($152,500.00 - $226,600.00 Annually)
Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable. PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.
For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.
Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset - you. That’s why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.
Who We Are:
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.
Belonging at PayPal:
Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.
Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.
We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.
See all 115+ Green Card Legal Counsel Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new Green Card Legal Counsel Jobs.
Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Legal Counsel
Document your bar admissions and equivalency
Foreign law degrees often require a credential evaluation before USCIS accepts them as equivalent to a U.S. J.D. Get a course-by-course evaluation from a NACES-member evaluator before your employer starts the PERM process to avoid delays at the I-140 stage.
Target in-house counsel roles at large employers
Corporate legal departments at publicly traded companies file PERM petitions routinely and have dedicated immigration counsel or HR teams who understand the process. Outside law firm associate roles are less commonly sponsored because partnership-track positions raise PERM audit concerns around job duties.
Verify the job description matches PERM requirements
PERM requires the posted job duties to reflect what you actually do daily. If your employer lists duties that are narrower than your real scope, an audit can invalidate the entire certification. Review the draft job description carefully before DOL posting begins.
Search for green card sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Legal Counsel roles by employers with active PERM and I-140 filing history, so you spend your job search targeting companies that already sponsor rather than asking HR departments to start from scratch.
Understand the PERM prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must pay at least the DOL-certified prevailing wage for your SOC code and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level II or Level III wage for your metro area before salary discussions so you know the floor the petition legally requires.
File the I-140 concurrently if your priority date is current
Once PERM is certified, your employer can file the I-140 immediately. If your country of birth has a current EB-2 or EB-3 priority date, you may be able to file the I-485 adjustment of status concurrently, shaving months off your total wait time.
Green Card Legal Counsel: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Legal Counsel roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most in-house Legal Counsel positions qualify under EB-2 because they require a J.D. or equivalent advanced degree. If the role is classified as requiring only a bachelor's degree plus law license, EB-3 professional applies instead. Your employer's immigration attorney will determine the correct category based on the actual minimum requirements written into the PERM job description.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from an H-1B for a Legal Counsel role?
The H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant visa capped at 85,000 annually, subject to lottery selection, and tied to a specific employer term. PERM sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes six months to a year before USCIS even begins adjudicating the I-140, so total processing often runs two to five years for applicants from low-backlog countries.
Can a foreign-trained lawyer get a green card through employment as Legal Counsel?
Yes, but credential documentation matters. USCIS requires that your foreign law degree be evaluated as equivalent to a U.S. J.D. or bachelor's degree, depending on the EB category. You'll also need evidence of bar admission in at least one U.S. state or the District of Columbia if the job description requires it, since PERM regulations prohibit impossible-to-meet requirements that screen out otherwise qualified U.S. workers.
Where can I find Legal Counsel jobs that sponsor green cards?
Use Migrate Mate to search Legal Counsel positions filtered by employers with documented PERM and I-140 sponsorship history. Targeting companies that have already completed PERM filings for similar roles significantly shortens the timeline from offer to petition, because the employer's legal and HR infrastructure is already in place rather than being built around your case.
What happens to my green card process if I change employers before the I-485 is approved?
If your I-140 has been approved for more than 180 days and your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days, AC21 portability allows you to move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupational classification without starting over. For Legal Counsel roles, moving to another in-house counsel or legal advisory position generally satisfies the same-or-similar standard, but your immigration attorney should review the new job duties against the approved petition before you resign.