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Immigration Law

  • Deportation/Removal/Detention

  • Employment Petitions

  • Family Petitions

  • Immigrants & Domestic Violence

  • Naturalization

  • Citizenship

  • Permanent Residence/Green Cards

  • Public Benefits for Immigrants

Public Counsel

 

Phone: (213) 385-2977

Fax: (213) 385-9089

Hours: M-F 9:00am-12:30pm, 1:30pm-5:15pm

Website: http://www.publiccounsel.org/

 

  •  Services: Outreach, education, direct representation, impact litigation.
     

  • Practice Areas: Consumer law, housing law, bankruptcy, children's rights issues, child care, immigration, nonprofit community organization mtaters. Guardianships, government benefits, foster care adoption project, early care, education, Veteran's issues.

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: Free and sliding scale based on income.

One Stop Immigration

 

Phone: (562) 463-0201

 

  • Services: Assistance with forms, legal advice, referral service and amnesty appeals, only Spanish speaking.

 

  • Practice Areas: Immigration

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: Free. Must meet low-income guidelines.

Neighborhood Legal Services

Phone: (818) 896-5211

Fax: (818) 896-6647

Hours: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm

 

Website: www.nlsla.org

 

 

  • Services: Representation, advice, education, walk-in clinics

 

  • Practice Areas: Landlord/tenant issues, consumer, bankruptcy, community development, family law, immigration, employment, government benefits, health care.

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: Free to residents of the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, San Gabriel, and Antelope Valleys as well as Glendale, Burbank (residents of North Los Angeles county), and Pasadena

     

National Immigration Law Center

 

Phone: (562) 463-0201

 

  • Services: Assistance with forms, legal advice, referral service and amnesty appeals, only Spanish speaking.

 

  • Practice Areas: Immigration

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: Free. Must meet low-income guidelines.

Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Phone: (213) 629-2512

Hours: M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm

Website: www.maldef.org

 

  • Services: Class action litigation, offers high school leadership program. No walk-ins.

 

  • Practice Areas: Discrimination cases covering employment, immigration, education, housing, and voting rights.

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: Free. No eligibility requirements.

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)

Phone: 1 (800) 399-4529

 Fax: (323) 801-7945

Website: www.lafla.org

 

For Immigration Services: (213) 640-3883 ext. 3913

For Government Benefits: (213) 640-3883 ext. 5327

  • Services: Community education, assistance in filing appeals and applications.

 

  • Practice Areas: Naturalization, family reunification, deportation defense, human trafficking, government benefit denial/overpayment.

 

  •  Cost/Eligibility: No citizenship required. Services are free to people who are residents of Los Angeles County who qualify under low-income guidelines.

Santa Monica Office: 1640 5th Street, Suite 124, Santa Monica, CA 90401

International Institute of Los Angeles

Phone: (323) 224-3800

Hours: M-F 8:30am - 5:00pm

Website: www.iilosangeles.org

 

  • Services: Legal services

 

  • Practice Areas: Immigration, employment, asylum, violence against women, family reunification.

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: Immigrant or non-US Citizen. Appointment is $30.

El Rescate Legal & Social Services

Phone: (213) 387-3284

Website: www.elrescate.org

Hours: M-F 9am-4:30pm

 

For Child Abuse: Ext. 26

For AIDS Victims: Ext. 44

  • Services: Assists in providing political asylum to Central American Refugees, may provide legal representation after weighing and analyzing cases, provides legal representation to immigrants who have been physically abused or subjected to extreme mental cruelty by a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident, spouse or parent. Asylum, advance parole, change of address, evidence request responses, affidavit of support, citizenship, FOIA requests, TPS Re-Registration, fiance visa, resident card renewal, work permit renewal, VAWA, "U" Visas. NO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS. Any interested person who wants a consultation must come in person.

 

  • Practice Areas: Immigration, abuse, family

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: $20 for a consultation. There are no eligibility requirements.

Catholic Charities

Phone: (213) 251-3400

Fax: (213) 380-4603

Website: www.catholiccharitiesla.org

 

 

  • Services: Provides legal aid, does not assist political refugees in affirmative applications, deportation/exclusion hearings. No court representation.

 

  • Practice Areas: Immigration, citizenship, sponsorship, amnesty, or registry problems.

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: fees are low. Free services to homeless residing in LA City CIPA

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)

Phone: (213) 385-7800

Fax: (213) 385-7800

website: www.carecen-la.org

  • Services: Focuses on areas of law which most greatly affect the Central American immigrant community, various social services are provided, including distribution of food and clothes, lawyers available on Saturdays at 10am and Tuesdays at 6pm for weekly seminars. Trials are in Spanish. People with immigration questions should come in person.

 

  • Practice Areas: Political asylum, immigration law, landlord/tenant issues, domestic violence against women and children.

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: Free, donations accepted.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice LA

  • Services: Legal information, counseling, direct representation, impact litigation,and policy and research

 

  • Practice Areas: Domestic violence, family law (contested and uncontested divorces, paternity, child support and custody), landlord/tenant, employment law (discrimination, unemployment insurance benefits, collection, etc.), consumer law, law, immigration and citizenship, and discrimination.

 

  • Cost/Eligibility: Free. Must meet low income guidelines and live in Los Angeles County.  Serves predominantly non-English speaking Asian immigrants.

Phone: (213) 977-7500

(888) 349-9695 (English)

(800) 520-2356 (Chinese)

(800) 867-3126 (Khmer)

(800) 867-3640 (Korean)

(800) 914-9583 (Thai)

(800) 267-7395 (Vietnamese)

 

Website: http://www.advancingjustice-la.org/

 

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: Immigration Clinic

Phone: (800) 399-4529 

Clinic Calendar: www.lafla.org/self-help/calendar/

  • Services: Provide information about court procedures, distribute required court forms, host workshops, provide one-on-one assistance

  • Practice Areas: Assistance securing immigration status if you have been a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, human trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes, asylum and refugee status, minors fleeing violence in their home country and coming to the United States without their parents, adjustment of status (green card applications), naturalization, family reunification, deportation defense

  • Cost/Eligibility: Free. No eligibility requirements

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