Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles - Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service - National Immigration Legal Services Directory

National Immigration Legal Services Directory

Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles - Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service

Location:

3621 Brunswick Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039

Website:
http://www.iris-la.org
Email:
mtaylor@ladiocese.org

Phone:
(323) 667-0489
Fax:
(323) 667-2271

Contact methods:
Email, Phone calls, Website
Appointments accepted:
Yes

Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service (IRIS) is a program of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and is the Los Angeles affiliate of three National Voluntary agencies: Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) and Church World Service (CWS). IRIS provides refugee reception and placement services, low-cost immigration legal assistance (family based, DACA, Citizenship, etc.), and is a Los Angeles County Refugee Employment Provider. IRIS has an on-staff immigration attorney and is a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Recognized Agency with DOJ accredited staff. IRIS specializes in citizenship, adjustment of status, refugee and asylee petitioners, and all forms of family-based immigration.

Counties served:

Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance:	Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Types of immigration legal services provided:	Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Non-legal services:	Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, ESL, Referrals to other services
Populations served:	Individuals who are not in legal immigration status
Languages spoken:	Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Dari, English, Farsi, German, Iraqi, Kurdish, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Turkish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank:	Yes
Nominal fee charged?	Yes
Other information:	Extensive refugee resettlement services including extended case management, community orientation, ESL for Refugee & Asylee seniors, and petitions for family members. Additionally, free English as a Second Language (ESL) and Civics classes for Legal Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) interested in becoming US Citizens.