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Legal Aid Society of San Diego (Main Office)

  • Location:
    110 South Euclid Avenue
    San Diego, CA 92114
  • Phone:
    (877) 534-2524
  • Fax:
    (619) 263-5697
  • Contact methods:
    Mail/Letter, Phone calls, We currently conduct all client meetings by phone or video calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Legal Aid Society of San Diego provides a wide range of immigration services for both individuals and communities. Legal Aid Society of San Diego offers legal advice, assistance, and in some cases, representation to low income residents of San Diego County.  We offer assistance with representation in immigration court, naturalization, family petitions, and more.   Legal Aid Society of San Diego also provides presentations in the community to help educate and inform people about the complex immigration process.

Counties served: San Diego
Detention Facilities Served: Otay Mesa Correctional Facility (CA), San Diego CDF (CA)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Other areas of legal assistance: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Education, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Homeless, Housing, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Taxes
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Referrals to other services
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: English, Slovak, Spanish, We have access to telephonic interpreters for most languages
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Services are subject to funding restrictions.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 4
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Immigration Advocates Network, San Diego Rapid Response Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Miko Tokuhama-Olsen
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