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Catholic Charities of Manatee County

  • Location:
    1219 16th St W.
    Bradenton, FL 34205
  • Phone:
    (941) 714-7829
  • Fax:
    (941) 708-5287
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Charities of Manatee County provides family-based immigration services at an affordable rate. Counselors assist with applications and petitions for family members, among other related issues. In addition, they offer a citizenship tutoring program to help prepare and assist clients in passing their citizenship test.

Counties served: Manatee, Sarasota

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, 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
Other areas of legal assistance: Foreclosure, Housing
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Farm workers, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles
Languages spoken: English, Haitian Creole, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

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: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network