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Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Catholic Social Services

  • Location:
    140 W. Speedway Blvd
    Suite 130
    Tucson, AZ 85705
  • Phone:
    (520) 623-0344
  • Toll-free:
    1-800-623-0344
  • Fax:
    (520) 623-4884
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Social Service provides low-cost legal services in family petitions, naturalization, humanitarian benefits, and other immigration matters. This organization provides legal services free of charge to immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

Counties served: Cochise, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yuma

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, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Non-legal services: Referrals to other services
Populations served: 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: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Services are only available for asylum seekers and immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 2
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 4

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Asista, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Meredith Lynch
(520) 670-0859
Executive Director:
Linda Shmyr
Types of contact/attempt: Email
Last contact date: July 12, 2018
Administrator comments: 10/23/12: tickler 11/8/13: tickler 12/16/14: tickler 4/5/16: tickler 12 Jul 2018: updated via feedback
IAN Members? No
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