Volunteer Guide

Catholic Charities Trenton - Immigration Legal Assistance (Lakewood Office)

  • Location:
    200 Monmouth Ave
    Lakewood, NJ 08701
  • Phone:
    (732) 363-5322
  • Toll-free:
    1-800-360-7711
  • Fax:
    (732) 363-3203
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Charities of Trenton - Lakewood Office currently has three DOJ accredited individuals to provide the immigrant community with legal immigration assistance.

Counties served: Monmouth, Ocean

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Other areas of legal assistance: Education, Family & Juvenile, Health, Homeless, Nonprofit Organizations, Veterans
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), ESL, Health services, Language services, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, French, Italian, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

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: 2
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops