Volunteer Guide

Luminus Network, Inc.

  • Location:
    10400 Little Patuxent Parkway
    Suite 450
    Columbia, MD 21044
  • Phone:
    410-992-1923
  • Fax:
    410-730-0113
  • Contact methods:
    Email
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

For 45 years, Luminus has empowered immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers by offering legal immigration services to help them achieve their goals. We also seek systematic changes that will better the lives of our immigrant neighbors. Based in Columbia, Maryland, but serving central Maryland, we envision a community that welcomes immigrant neighbors, values their cultures, understands and addresses their needs, celebrates their achievements, and elevates their voices. 

State served: Maryland

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, Family-based petitions, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 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: 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, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

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

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? No
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Immigration Advocates Network