National Immigration Legal Services Directory

United African Organization

  • Location:
    6042 S. Indiana Ave
    Chicago, IL 60637
  • Phone:
    (312) 949-9980
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website, Phone and online intake / services available, WhatsApp (773) 420-8976
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

United African Organization is a dynamic coalition of African community-based organizations that promotes social and economic justice, civic participation, and empowerment of African immigrants and refugees in Illinois.

State served: Illinois

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), 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)
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Individuals who are not in legal immigration status
Languages spoken: Akan-Twi, Amharic, Arabic, English, French, Hausa, Igbo, Sudanese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, Mandingo, Moore
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Citizenship/Civics classes, Job fairs, Know Your Rights Presentations

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Stella Okere
3129499980
Other Information Fasika Alem/ fasika.alem@uniteafricans.org

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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