National Immigration Legal Services Directory

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (Tacoma Office)

  • Location:
    1119 Pacific Ave.
    Suite 1400
    Tacoma, WA 98402
  • Phone:
    (253) 383-0519
  • Toll-free:
    1-877-814-6444
  • Fax:
    (253) 383-0111
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, (Drop-ins not available currently due to pandemic)
  • Appointments accepted:
    No

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project promotes justice by defending and advancing the rights of immigrants through direct legal services, systemic advocacy, and community education. This office serves individuals detained at the Northwest Detention Center and those in Pierce County, the Olympic Peninsula and Southwestern Washington.

Counties served: Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Thurston, Wahkiakum
Detention Facilities Served: Tacoma Northwest Detention Center (WA)

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish, K'iche
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Bill Schwarz
(206) 957-8658

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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