Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an immigration adviser can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an immigration adviser already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Immigration advisers aid people seeking to move from one nation to another by advising them on immigration legislation, and assisting them in obtaining the necessary documentation to ensure the immigration process occurs in accordance with immigration laws.

Also known as solicitor, senior immigration consultant, global immigration consultant, immigration consultant, immigration lawyer, immigration advisor.

Technicians and associate professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: immigration officer, 44%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
immigration officer 44% covered social security officer 40% covered licensing officer 40% covered immigration policy officer 29% covered diplomat 28% covered immigration adviser You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from immigration adviser, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an immigration adviser already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An immigration adviser needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assess licence applications assisting and caring
  • correspond with licence applicants information skills
  • apply immigration law assisting and caring
  • issue official documents assisting and caring
  • advise on licencing procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • licences regulation services
  • provide immigration advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • immigration law business, administration and law
  • check official documents assisting and caring
  • respond to enquiries assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an immigration adviser does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Immigration adviser is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an immigration adviser’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.