Volunteer Guide

Catholic Charities Community Services - Legal Services for Immigrants (New York Office)

  • Location:
    80 Maiden Lane
    24th Floor
    New York, NY 10038
  • Phone:
    (212) 419-3700
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website, Virtual consultations and remote/online legal services available.
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Charities in New York - provides legal consultations, representation and assistance to documented and undocumented immigrants. We also provide services with offices spanning from Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx to Westchester, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Orange, Putnam and Rockland counties. No matter what your nationality, ethnicity or religion, you are welcome.

Counties served: Bronx, Dutchess, Kings (Brooklyn), NY (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester

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, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Humanitarian Parole, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, 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: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, ESL, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Albanian, Arabic, English, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Wolof
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Religious cases have a nominal fee.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 39
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 3
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 7
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 15

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, New York Immigration Coalition

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Susan Marks
(347) 597-2699