Volunteer Guide

KIAC - Immigration Legal Services

  • Location:
    3627 Wheaton Way
    Bremerton, WA 98310
  • Phone:
    (360) 616-0479
  • Fax:
    (866) 936-1235
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, Phone or online intake / services available.
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

KIAC - Immigration Legal Services is a DOJ recognized agency that provides high quality, low cost (or free) immigration legal services to foreign born individuals and their families.

Counties served: Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason
Detention Facilities Served: Tacoma Northwest Detention Center (WA)

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, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 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, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Other areas of legal assistance: Civil Rights, Employment, Taxes
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender
Languages spoken: English, Filipino, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Mam, Q'anjob'al
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: (360) 616-2722 Spanish message line

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 9
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, Kids In Need of Defense, YWCA, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, One America

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Graciela Zapata