Our team of lawyers and accredited representatives offers direct services in the following areas: Through a meeting with a lawyer for initial legal advice, they will be able to listen to and assess your individual situation, review your needs and relevance, and determine the best way to offer support. The lawyer can then develop an action plan and, if necessary, create a contract for additional scope. Helping community members navigate the confusing and intimidating immigration process. Facilitate the transition to the United States, reunite families, obtain work permits and economic security, and seek redress and justice for victims of crime and abuse. Legal status is just the beginning. Without access to education and social services, immigrants are marginalized and cannot fully commit to becoming members of civic and economic life in the United States. Our legal team assesses the path to exoneration and provides legal assistance to newly arrived Central American children and families in deportation proceedings. We offer LIMITED LEGAL ADVICE ONLY BY PHONE from Wednesday, March 18, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Managing the appropriate documents related to your case is an important part of navigating the legal system. Our legal experts can help you process the right forms and documents and make sure they get to the right immigration office on time. Currently, we can only accept 10 virtual appointments per week. To make an appointment with a member of our legal team, please call our office on Monday.
If you call at the beginning of the week, you have the best chance of getting into our calendar. ‣ Short-term services, including green card renewal, temporary protected status, work permit and deferred action for child arrivals (DACA), walk-in legal advice only between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. First come, first served, it can be crucial to have a legal expert with you at the time of your court appointment. At CARECEN SF, our lawyers and paralegals are committed to representing our immigrant community when the weather demands it. Please see our statement for more detailed information about our services, as well as changes and updates that are occurring in state and federal institutions during the COVID-19 crisis. We will continue to work closely with our existing customers. Please note that to date, many immigration-related facilities, including the courts, have been closed. We will continue case-based work and follow-up directly with individual clients. Each immigration case presents its own challenges. Our Immigration Legal Program staff can assess the details of your personal situation and provide expert advice on how to proceed.
This is a process by which an eligible applicant can apply to become a permanent resident of the United States. Without being released from deportation, immigrants are constantly in danger. It means living in fear that families will be separated and forced to return to a life marked by poverty and danger. We are committed to protecting and expanding the rights of all immigrants! Strengthening our community is part of our mission at CARECEN SF. We are committed to providing you with the latest updates on immigration law. We produce educational videos, workshops, webinars, seminars and forums to educate the immigrant community in the Bay Area. Temporary protected status is granted to persons who are nationals of a country designated for the GST or to persons without nationality who last resided in the designated country and who meet other conditions for admission. ‣ Family Immigration Applications and Consular Processing As a permanent resident or U.S. citizen, you can apply to eligible parents to become a lawful permanent resident of the United States. CARECEN helps hundreds of immigrants each year achieve their goals of becoming U.S. citizens.
‣ Adapt permanent residence status and waivers By helping to adjust immigration status for all beneficiaries, our work has a positive impact on the community we serve by increasing economic self-sufficiency and paving the way for successful and healthy integration in this country. Our goal is to empower the immigrant community to combat xenophobic attacks and discrimination by educating them about local, state, and federal laws that protect individuals and families, regardless of their immigration status. ‣ Humanitarian applications (victims of crime, domestic violence, human trafficking) It is our duty to create a region, a state and a nation that tell immigrants that their home is here. We are committed to fair and just laws and policies that protect immigrants and reflect the value they bring to our communities on Long Island, New York and across the country.