The Role
Advise clients on Dutch immigration matters and manage work and residence permit cases end-to-end. Prepare and submit documentation, liaise with authorities and colleagues, coordinate appointments and registrations, maintain case files and client communications, track progress, and identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities to grow client relationships.
Summary Generated by Built In
Our Immigration Consultancy team are a key operating team within our Limes International business. Based in Leiden or Amsterdam and working between 32-40 hours per week as part of the Immigration team, the Immigration Consultant advises clients on immigration matters, particularly work and residence permits for international employees and their families, while managing cases from application through to completion.
The role requires balancing multiple deadlines, coordinating processes, and maintaining strong client relationships in a fast-paced environment. The Immigration Consultant handles documentation, liaises with authorities, and supports expatriates with practical arrangements such as registrations and appointments.
Strong communication skills in both Dutch and English are essential, along with the ability to work independently and stay up to date with immigration regulations.
About Limes International
About Limes International
LIMES international is a leading advisory firm that makes a difference. We provide solutions in the areas of taxation, social security, immigration, and legal matters. What makes LIMES international unique is that we are a niche player who not only supports clients from a theoretical perspective but also provides practical guidance and takes work off their hands. To do this effectively, we place a strong emphasis on professional expertise.
On a typical day, you’ll be…
- Review and manage multiple client cases, ensuring deadlines for immigration applications are met.
- Advise clients on work permits, residence permit, and broader immigration queries.
- Respond to client emails and calls, providing timely updates or escalating issues internally.
- Prepare and submit documentation, including completing official forms and maintaining digital case files.
- Coordinate logistics such as booking appointments with authorities and supporting expatriates with registrations or bank setup.
- Liaise with colleagues, partners, and external authorities to keep processes moving smoothly.
- Track case progress, update statuses, and follow up on outstanding actions or approvals.
- Proactively identify opportunities to expand services, strengthen client relationships, and contribute to growing the client base through upselling or referrals
- Participate in team discussions and stay up to date with changes in immigration regulations.
To be truly effective you will…
- Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (HBO/university level), ideally in Law or a related field
- Have additional certification and/or demonstrable experience of a minimum of 3 years' in immigration, or global mobility
- Proven experience managing client relationships and acting as a trusted advisor
- Familiarity with Dutch immigration processes and authorities
- Have experience identifying and acting on opportunities to expand services within existing client relationships, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor who adds value beyond core casework
- Have experience managing client retention and growth, understanding broader client needs and supporting cross-sell, upsell, and new business opportunities
- Have exposure to identifying business opportunities and contributing to client growth
- Experience working with international clients or expatriates
- Familiarity with Dutch immigration processes and authorities
- Client-focused and relationship-driven, with a strong service mindset
- Proactive, confident, and comfortable initiating conversations with clients
- Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities
- Resilient and able to perform well under pressure
- Collaborative team player with a flexible and positive attitude
- Detail-oriented with strong accuracy
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- Ability to identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing client portfolios
- Excellent verbal and written communication (Dutch and English)
- Strong planning, organisation, and prioritisation skills
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving capability
- Ability to manage client expectations and deliver high-quality service
- Maintaining market and regulatory awareness to add value to client conversations
About
Our Story From our entrepreneurial origins as a founder led start up, to a high performing global player working with some of the world's most recognisable brands, activpayroll has both a fantastic history and masses of future potential. Our story began in 2001, when our founder saw a gap in the market to support the oil and gas industry. Today, we are a leading global professional service organisation, providing integrated global and domestic payroll solutions, expatriate taxation services, global HR services and online HR people management tools to over 1,200 companies in more than 150 countries worldwide. We’ve Got YouHiring people is more than an investment of time and money – it’s an investment of trust. You trust us to help you realise your fullest potential, work with brilliant people and recognise your achievements. In return, we trust your abilities, we trust your instincts and are fully behind you to deliver the great work you are capable of - empowering you to make the tough calls and valuing your opinions, ideas and abilities.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree (HBO/university level), ideally in Law or related field
- Minimum of 3 years' demonstrable experience in immigration or global mobility
- Proven experience managing client relationships and acting as a trusted advisor
- Familiarity with Dutch immigration processes and authorities
- Experience working with international clients or expatriates
- Excellent verbal and written communication in Dutch and English
- Strong organisational, planning, and prioritisation skills; able to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to manage documentation, complete official forms, and maintain digital case files
- Experience liaising with government authorities and coordinating appointments/registrations
- Client-focused, proactive, confident, and comfortable initiating client conversations
- Ability to identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities and contribute to client growth
- Resilient under pressure, detail-oriented, and collaborative team player
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The Company
What We Do
Created to let your business work seamlessly in multiple countries by giving you complete clarity and confidence, activpayroll is global payroll, international payments, global mobility and HR in one. Pay your people compliantly, on time, every time, worldwide. Take control with accessible tech. Team up with global tax specialists to stay one step ahead of legislation and compliance. Strengthen your workforce with our strategic HR specialists, and work with a partner that gets your vision of global clarity. Wherever in the world your business takes you, we’ve got you.
