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Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego Immigrant Services (Chula Vista Office)

  • Location:
    293 H Street
    Chula Vista, CA 91910
  • Phone:
    619 498-0722
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego (CCDSD) provides low-cost immigration services to eligible persons that foster family reunification, empowerment, and social integration.

State served: California
Detention Facilities Served: El Centro SPC (CA), Imperial Regional Adult Detention Facility (CA), Otay Mesa Correctional Facility (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, 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 at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court
Non-legal services: Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, 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, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Iraqi, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Vietnamese
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Pro Bono services available based on income.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 5
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 12
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? No
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Marco Lemus
(619)287-1270