Volunteer Guide

Arizona Immigrant and Refugee Services

  • Location:
    10240 N. 31st Ave
    Suite 112
    Phoenix, AZ 85051
  • Phone:
    (602) 944-1821
  • Fax:
    (602) 944-1860
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Arizona Immigrant and Refugee Services (AIRS) offers programs to refugees and immigrants that assist in housing, food, clothing, job training, and immigration, as well as other referral services.

Counties served: Maricopa

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, 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
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, ESL, Housing referrals, Language services, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, Burmese, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Ethiopian Community Development Council

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Safaa Alsharbati
(602) 944-1821