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Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (Phoenix Office)

  • Location:
    2502 E UNIVERSITY DR
    125
    Phoenix, AZ 85034
  • Phone:
    (480) 396-3795
  • Fax:
    (602) 248-4968
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) provides refugee and immigration programs to the communities of Maricopa county. Through a wide variety of services, LSS-SW helps refugees and immigrants establish a new life in Arizona. As  a DOJ accredited agency, LSS-SW provides broad family based immigration services.

State served: Arizona

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Family-based petitions, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, P1 or P2 for Afghans, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Non-legal services: Employment services, Health services, Housing referrals, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Individuals with physical/mental disabilities
Languages spoken: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, French, Hindi, Kirundi, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya, Urdu, Chaldean, Assyrian, Karen, Chin, Dzongkha, Bhutanese, Kunama, Kinyarwanda, Lingala, Kiswahili, Kibembe
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: This organization is a partner of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) and is an affiliate of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Church World Service, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigration Advocates Network, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Lutheran Legal Service Organization

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Jenny Tatum
(480) 396-37995