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Catholic Charities Legal Services of Miami (Miami Downtown Office)

  • Location:
    28 West Flagler Street
    Suite 1000
    Miami, FL 33130
  • Phone:
    (305) 373-1073
  • Fax:
    786-496-9480
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, https://tinyurl.com/CCLSAPP
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Charities Legal Services, Archdiocese of Miami, Inc. (CCLS) provides pro bono immigration services to eligible families and individuals.

Counties served: Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe
Detention Facilities Served: Krome Service Processing Center (FL)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Other areas of legal assistance: Family & Juvenile, Nonprofit Organizations
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, 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: Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 34
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 3
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, Detention Watch Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Paola Bichara Torres
(305) 373-1073