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Jewish Family & Children's Service - Legal Services for Immigrants and Internationals (Pittsburgh Office)

  • Location:
    5743 Bartlett Street
    Pittsburgh, PA 15217
  • Phone:
    412-422-7200
  • Fax:
    (412) 422-1162
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, Phone in Spanish 412-904-5966
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

JFCS - Legal Services for Immigrants and Internationals (LSII) offers immigration legal advice and representation to immigrants who cannot afford private counsel.

Counties served: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Washington, Westmoreland

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, 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: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, Burmese, English, French, Hebrew, Nepali, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Can serve clients in West Virginia within the Pittsburgh USCIS jurisdiction.

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: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 5

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigration Advocates Network, Vera, CILA

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
John Cavicchio
412-867-1306