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CIR

  • Location:
    3033-3 Stony Brook Dr
    Raleigh, NC 27604
  • Phone:
    (919) 322-0360
  • Fax:
    (919) 322-0363
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

CIR offers immigrant legal services to help meet the legal requirements for immigration benefits.  Affidavits, filing of specific and complicated forms, background searches, keeping up with constantly changing immigration policy and requirements, and many other types of documentation are all a part of CIR's legal services.  We are taking limited Asylum cases and SIJS

Counties served: Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Vance, Wake

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, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 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 at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), 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, Juveniles, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: We provide translation and interpretation services for interviews and affidavits, especially for U-visas, T-visas and SIJS.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), World Relief, The Immigrant Alliance

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
John Faison
(919) 322-0360