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Church World Service - Immigration and Refugee Program (Greensboro Office)

  • Location:
    122 N. Elm St.
    Suite 607
    Greensboro, NC 27401
  • Phone:
    (336) 676-4223
  • Fax:
    (336) 617-0654
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, WhatsApp 336-929-0553
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Church World Service (CWS) of Greensboro is a resettlement agency in the North Carolina Triad. CWS provides immigration legal services in the areas of: naturalization, family petitions, refugee/asylee green cards, refugee/asylee family reunification, green card renewal, FOIA requests, refugee travel documents, employment authorization documents, and Certificates of Citizenship. In addition to the legal program, CWS provides refugee resettlement services as a part of the U.S. Department of State Refugee Resettlement Program. These services include basic needs assistance, case management, cultural orientation, employment preparation and placement, health access, and information and referral. 

State served: North Carolina

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, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Non-legal services: Employment services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender
Languages spoken: Bulgarian, Dari, English, Nepali, Pashto
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: We do not have funding for interpretation, so any applicant who does not speak English must provide their own interpreter.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 2
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: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Church World Service, Immigration Advocates Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Laura Maruzzella
336-898-4280