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Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Services (VIDAS)

  • Location:
    576 B Street
    Suite 1C
    Santa Rosa, CA 95401
  • Phone:
    (707) 523-1740
  • Fax:
    (707) 523-1735
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Services (VIDAS) serves, empowers, and educates immigrants by providing quality low-cost immigration legal services and promoting community action.

Counties served: Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma
Detention Facilities Served: Contra Costa County Jail (CA)

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, Habeas Corpus, 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: Federal court appeals
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
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: 4

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: National Immigration Project

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Richard Coshnear
(707) 523-1740