Legal Directory
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (Phoenix Office)
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Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) provides refugee and immigration programs to the communities of Maricopa county. Through a wide variety of services, LSS-SW helps refugees and immigrants establish a new life in Arizona. As a DOJ accredited agency, LSS-SW provides broad family based immigration services.
| State served: | Arizona |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Family-based petitions, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, P1 or P2 for Afghans, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Non-legal services: | Employment services, Health services, Housing referrals, Referrals to other services, Social services |
| Populations served: | Individuals with physical/mental disabilities |
| Languages spoken: | Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, French, Hindi, Kirundi, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya, Urdu, Chaldean, Assyrian, Karen, Chin, Dzongkha, Bhutanese, Kunama, Kinyarwanda, Lingala, Kiswahili, Kibembe |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
| Other information: | This organization is a partner of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) and is an affiliate of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 0 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 2 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 2 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Church World Service, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigration Advocates Network, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Lutheran Legal Service Organization |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Jenny
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Administrative Information
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| Last contact date: | February 22, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: | 10/26/12: tickler 11/8/13: tickler 1/16/15: tickler 5/9/16: tickler 11/13/17: tickler 22 Feb 2018: tickler 29 Nov 2021: tickler 29 Dec 2021: updated from tickler responses, manually edited organization name to reflect description and location (previous name was LSS-SW, submitted name change was staff member's name) |
| IAN Members? | No |
