Volunteer Guide

Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland - Migration and Refugee Services/Immigration Legal Services

  • Location:
    7800 Detroit Ave
    Cleveland, OH 44102
  • Phone:
    (216) 939-3769
  • Fax:
    (216) 939-3890

Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services (ILS) has three immigration attorneys and two paralegals. ILS provides services to low income individuals without regard to legal status. ILS charges a nominal fee and accepts some pro bono cases. Services provided include, but are not limited to: consultations, family reunification, adjustment of status, asylum, naturalization, representation in removal proceedings, and other family or humanitarian based forms of relief. ILS is part of Catholic Charities' Migration and Refugee Services program. Catholic Charities provides a wide range of programs and services to assist refugees in becoming self-sufficient, active members of their communities. In addition, special programs are available for survivors of torture.

Counties served: Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Wayne

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, 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, Farm workers, 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: Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Farsi, Filipino, French, Fuganese, German, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Ilocano, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Laotian, Malay-Indonesian, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Oromo, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yiddish, Chin, Dinka, Karen

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes