Volunteer Guide

New American Pathways

  • Location:
    2300 Henderson Mill Rd NE
    Suite 100
    Atlanta, GA 30345
  • Phone:
    (404) 844-5205
  • Fax:
    (404) 299-6218
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Texting: (470) 620-5157
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

New American Pathways is a non-profit agency that offers a variety of services and programs for hundreds of refugees each year. New American Pathways is an affiliate of Church World Service  and provides immigration services for asylees, refugees, Cuban entrants, victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, and other low income immigrants.

State served: Georgia

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
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, P1 or P2 for Afghans, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), 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), Representation before the Immigration Court
Non-legal services: Employment services, ESL, Legislative advocacy (state or national), 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 who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Somali, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Representation before Immigration Court is very limited.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Church World Service, Detention Watch Network, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigration Advocates Network, International Rescue Committee, Kids In Need of Defense, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)