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St. Vincent Catholic Charities - Immigration Law Clinic

  • Location:
    2800 W. Willow St.
    Lansing, MI 48917
  • Phone:
    (517) 323-4734 ext. 1800
  • Fax:
    (517) 886-1150
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

St. Vincent Catholic Charities Immigration Law Clinic offers a wide range of immigration legal services to individuals and community members across the state of Michigan. Our attorneys provide direct representation in matters such as  asylum, family immigration and others. We represent individuals regardless of their immigration status or criminal history.

State served: Michigan
Detention Facilities Served: Calhoun County Correctional Center (MI), Chippewa County (MI), Genesee County Jail (MI), Macomb County Facility (MI), Michigan Corrections Facility (MI), Monroe County Detention Main (MI), Monroe County Jail (Main) Office (MI), Saint Clair County Jail (MI), Wayne County Detention Facility (MI), William Dickerson Detention Center (MI)

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, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: 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
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Employment services, ESL, Language services, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social 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: Amharic, Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Levantine), Burmese, English, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Kirundi, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chin, Karen, Karenni
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 2
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? No
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Immigration Advocates Network, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, MCIRR

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Melissa Indish
(517) 323-4734 ext. 1803
Other Information Please submit a volunteer application online at stvcc.org.