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North Carolina African Services Coalition - Immigration Legal Services & Refugee Program

  • Location:
    122 North Elm Street
    Suite 1010
    Greensboro, NC 27401
  • Phone:
    (336) 574-2677
  • Fax:
    (336) 5740-2672
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

North Carolina African Services Coalition is a nonprofit refugee resettlement organization that provides services to refugees, asylees, parolees, and human trafficking victims. Immigration legal services are provided to qualified applicants at a nominal charge. This office currently runs a full Resettlement and Placement Program along with an Employment Service Program, Micro-Enterprise Program, Public Education and Advocacy Program, and Immigration Legal Services Program. It equips newly-arrived refugees (and other eligible populations) with the tools they need to become independent through economic progress, development, and the proper navigation for overall well-being.

Counties served: Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, 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 Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Non-legal services: Employment services, ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Language services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Human Trafficking Survivors
Languages spoken: Amharic, Arabic, English, French, Kirundi, Oromo, Spanish, Swahili, Yoruba
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Staff are also fluent in several African and Asian dialects.

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: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes