National Immigration Legal Services Directory

Sexual Assault / Spouse Abuse Resource Center (SARC)

  • Location:
    PO Box 1207
    Bel Air, MD 21014
  • Phone:
    (410) 836-8430
  • Fax:
    410-803-9178
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

This office provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who are residents of Harford County, Maryland. They are able to provide assistance with U Visas, T Visas, VAWA petitions, and some asylum cases.

Counties served: Harford

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Asylum applications, T visas, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: 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)
Other areas of legal assistance: Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Family & Juvenile
Non-legal services: Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: We are only funded to assist with asylum and U Visa cases if the victim has suffered either sexual assault or domestic violence. There must be a nexus between Harford County and the victim. The sexual assault and/or domestic violence need not have occurred in Harford County. There are no restrictions on VAWA Self petitions other than the client must be a resident of Harford County.

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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