National Immigration Legal Services Directory

Southern Center for Equity Advancement and Immigrant Refuge

  • Location:
    811 5th Ave
    Tuscalosoa, AL 35401
  • Phone:
    (205) 886-9988
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

DOJ recognized organization assisting with immigration legal matters before USCIS. Immigration legal services assisting with include, but not limited to, affirmative asylum and withholding of removal, convention against torture, temporary protected status (TPS), Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewals only, family petitions, employment authorization document (EAD) or work permit, adjustment of status or green card, waivers of admissibility, and citizenship and naturalization.

State served: Alabama

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, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, 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)
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Referrals to other services
Populations served: 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: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Dari, English, Farsi, Hindi, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Intern and volunteer interpreters provide translation. We are focusing our services mainly in the south across the states of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Georgia.

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Anna Hill
Other Information Anna Hill is the Outreach Coordinator and Community Relations Specialist that works with interns and volunteers

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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