Volunteer Guide

Nationalities Service Center

  • Location:
    1216 Arch Street
    4th Floor
    Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • Phone:
    (215) 893-8400
  • Fax:
    (215) 735-9718

Nationalities Service Center is Philadelphia's leading immigrant and refugee services organization empowering individuals to build a self-sustaining and dignified future. Nationalities Service Center (NSC) provides legal representation to low-income individuals in matters of immigration law. It focuses on reuniting families, seeking humanitarian relief for adults and children fleeing persecution, assisting survivors of domestic violence and other crimes, and representing clients in removal/deportation proceedings.

Counties served: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Philadelphia, York
Detention Facilities Served: Berks County Family Shelter (PA), York County Prison (PA)

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: Detained individuals, 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: Arabic, Armenian, English, Farsi, French, Pashto, Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes