Volunteer Guide

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans - Immigration and Refugee Services

  • Location:
    1000 Howard Ave.
    Suite 200
    New Orleans, LA 70113
  • Phone:
    (504) 310-6886
  • Toll-free:
    (866) 891-2210
  • Fax:
    (504) 592-4008

Catholic Charities of New Orleans provides a wide range of services and programs to help immigrants become independent, productive members of society. Immigration Services of Catholic Charities provides a broad range of immigration counseling and representation to immigrants and their families. We help clients understand the immigration law, learn their rights under the law, and to complete the immigration process successfully. Our staff includes attorneys, fully-accredited Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) Representatives, case managers, counselors, and paralegals.  In addition, we offer specialized assistance for victims of domestic violence, unaccompanied immigrant children, and citizenship classes and naturalization application assistance. 

 

State served: Louisiana

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, English, French, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish, Vietnamese

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes