Volunteer Guide
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (Phoenix Office)
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Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) provides refugee and immigration programs to the communities of Maricopa county. Through a wide variety of services, LSS-SW helps refugees and immigrants establish a new life in Arizona. As a DOJ accredited agency, LSS-SW provides broad family based immigration services.
State served: | Arizona |
Services Provided
Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Family-based petitions, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, P1 or P2 for Afghans, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) |
Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
Non-legal services: | Employment services, Health services, Housing referrals, Referrals to other services, Social services |
Populations served: | Individuals with physical/mental disabilities |
Languages spoken: | Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, French, Hindi, Kirundi, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya, Urdu, Chaldean, Assyrian, Karen, Chin, Dzongkha, Bhutanese, Kunama, Kinyarwanda, Lingala, Kiswahili, Kibembe |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Other information: | This organization is a partner of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) and is an affiliate of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 0 |
Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 2 |
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 2 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Church World Service, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigration Advocates Network, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Lutheran Legal Service Organization |
Volunteering
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