Volunteer Guide

African Advocacy Network

  • Location:
    3106 Folsom Street
    San Francisco, CA 94110
  • Phone:
    (415) 234-3380
  • Fax:
    (415) 872-9074
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes
Counties served: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma

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, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, 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
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Amharic, English, French, Spanish, Tigrinya
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 4
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 4
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 3

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: San Francisco Immigration Legal and Education Network, San Francisco Immigrant Legal Defense Collaborative, San Francisco Language Access Network