Profession immigration officer

Immigration officers check persons and vehicles crossing national borders to administer and enforce relevant government rules and regulations.

Personality Type

• Conventional / Enterprising

Related professions customs

• Customs inspector
• Passport checking officer

Knowledge

• Immigration law

  The regulations to follow to ensure compliance during investigations or advice in immigration cases and file handling.

Skills

• Check travel documentation

  Control tickets and travel documents, allocate seats and note food preferences of people on tour.

• Identify security threats

  Identify security threats during investigations, inspections, or patrols, and perform the necessary actions to minimise or neutralise the threat.

• Respond to enquiries

  Respond to enquiries and requests for information from other organisations and members of the public.

• Provide immigration advice

  Provide immigration advice to people seeking to move abroad or require entry in a nation in terms of necessary procedures and documentation, or procedures dealing with integration.

• Conduct research interview

  Use professional researching and interviewing methods and techniques to gather relevant data, facts or information, to gain new insights and to fully comprehend the message of the interviewee.

• Apply immigration law

  Apply immigration legislation during the checking of a person's eligibility to enter a nation, in order to ensure legislation is complied with upon entry or to deny the person access.

• Handle surveillance equipment

  Monitor surveillance equipment to observe what people are doing in a given area and ensure their safety.

• Check official documents

  Check an individuals' official documentation, such as driver's licenses and identification, to ensure compliance with legal regulations, and to identify and assess individuals.

• Ensure law application

  Ensure the laws are followed, and where they are broken, that the correct measures are taken to ensure compliance to the law and law enforcement.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB