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Refugee Services of Texas (Austin Office)
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Refugee Services of Texas, Inc. (RST) is a not-for-profit social service agency guided by principles of human compassion and dignity, committed to providing quality services for refugees, asylees, survivors of trafficking and other displaced persons. Working in partnership with faith-based communities, businesses and volunteers, we provide our clients with resources, referrals, education, and guidance to ensure their successful and self-sufficient lives in Texas.
Counties served: | Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis, Williamson |
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, Humanitarian Parole, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), 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 |
Non-legal services: | 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, Human Trafficking Survivors, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Pashto, Spanish, Swahili |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 1 |
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), Church World Service, Episcopal Migration Ministries, Immigration Advocates Network |