Open Door Immigration Services
Open Door Immigration Services (ODIS) mission is to love and serve our immigrant neighbors by providing affordable immigration legal services and, together, opening the door to full community engagement. ODIS does this by providing free and low-cost immigration legal services, providing Know Your Rights and Family Preparedness trainings, assisting with the citizenship process, and advocacy for immigration policy. Clients are seen by appointment only.
| Counties served: |
Essex, Middlesex |
Services Provided
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Humanitarian Parole, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Non-legal services: |
Citizenship / Civics classes, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services |
| Populations served: |
Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender |
| Languages spoken: |
English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
No |
| Nominal fee charged? |
No |
| Other information: |
Service fees are charged and can be waived based on income. No one is ever turned away because they cannot afford to pay our fees. |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Patricia Harrop
(978) 218-8772
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