Volunteer Guide

World Relief (Baltimore Office)

  • Location:
    1220B East Joppa Rd
    Suite 400D
    Towson, MD 21286
  • Phone:
    (410) 244-0002
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

World Relief Baltimore advises and represents immigrants and their family members in immigration legal matters, such as applying for lawful permanent residence, naturalization, U Visas, VAWA, affirmative asylum, work permits, TPS, DACA, I-130 for family members living in the U.S. and I-730 petitions for family members living abroad, and Records Requests. We provide assistance to immigrants or their family members who reside within the state of Maryland. World Relief Baltimore is committed to ensuring that immigrants and their families have the information that they need to be able to understand their immigration legal options and obtain low-cost direct immigration legal representation.

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, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, 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)
Non-legal services: Employment services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), 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, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Yoruba
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 3
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network, World Relief

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Laure Covert
443-451-1932
Other Information Please direct all inquiries to the World Relief website: https://www.worldrelief.org/baltimore