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Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (Redwood City Office)

  • Location:
    2600 Middlefield Rd
    Redwood City, CA 94063
  • Phone:
    (650) 780-7530
  • Fax:
    (650) 556-1645
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website, Consultations by appointment only, call to schedule.
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The Immigration Institute of the Bay Area provides high quality immigration legal services, education, and civic engagement opportunities to immigrants, refugees, and their families as they join and contribute to the community. Legal services include family visa petitions, helping legal permanent residents gain citizenship, VAWA, U Visas for immigrant victims of domestic violence and other violent crimes, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Temporary Protected Status, and other services.

Counties served: San Mateo, Santa Clara

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services
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: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Call to schedule an appointment.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 3
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 4

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Other Information Please go to https://iibayarea.org/you-can-help/volunteer/ for volunteer opportunities.