National Immigration Legal Services Directory

Catholic Charities Maine - Refugee and Immigration Services (Portland Office)

  • Location:
    80 Sherman St
    Portland, ME 04101
  • Phone:
    (207) 523-2793
  • Fax:
    (207) 871-7465
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Charities Maine - Refugee and Immigration Services (CCMRIS) is Maine's only Voluntary Agency (Volag), providing refugee resettlement services for primary refugees, and limited services to granted asylees, in Maine. In addition CCMRIS provides limited services to secondary migrants in Portland and Lewiston, Maine.

State served: Maine

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Non-legal services: Employment services, ESL, Health services, Language services, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services
Populations served: Human Trafficking Survivors, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, French, Over 40 languages available through Catholic Charities Maine Language Partners interpreter services
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Primary populations served are refugees and asylees, with a focus on elderly, age 60 and over. Services provided to other immigrants based on program expertise and capacity to provide services in a timely way.

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Judith Southworth
(207) 523-2793

IAN Partners

  • pro bono net
  • american immigration lawyers association
  • national immigration law center
  • unidos us
  • immigration legal resource center
  • immigration legal resource center
  • american immigration council
  • american civil liberties union
  • american immigration council
  • national immigration project
  • the advocates for human rights
  • lutheran immigration and refugee service

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