Volunteer Guide

Santa Fe Dreamers Project

  • Location:
    PO Box 8009
    Santa Fe, NM 87504
  • Phone:
    (505) 490-2789
  • Fax:
    (505) 672-7912
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Santa Fe Dreamers Project is a nonprofit organization with offices in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, that offers free and low cost legal services to immigrants. We provide representation with USCIS for Dreamers, U-Visa and VAWA Applicants, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Family based petitions, and Naturalization.

State served: New Mexico

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, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Filings with USCIS
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Able to serve all counties in New Mexico. This organization conducts clinics and events at various community agencies. Please see our website for more information.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 9
Is organization BIA recognized? No
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: 6

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Detention Watch Network, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigrant Justice Campaign