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Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (Oakland Office)

  • Location:
    476 3rd Street
    Suite 500
    Oakland, CA 94607
  • Phone:
    (510) 451-2846 ext. 301
  • Fax:
    (510) 465-3392
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The International Institute of the Bay Area, founded in 1918 with offices in 4 counties within the San Francisco Bay Area, helps families that have been separated to reunify through family visa petitions, gain citizenship, and access a variety of other services.

Counties served: Sonoma

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes
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
Languages spoken: Cantonese Chinese, English, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 3
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Immigration Advocates Network, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Eleonore Zwinger
(510) 451-2846 ext. 335
Executive Director:
Ellen Dumesnil
(510) 451-2846
Last contact date: December 12, 2017
Administrator comments: 8/15/12: added DACA 1/30/13: tickler, but only partially updated 4/2/14: tickler 12/12/14: tickler 5/19/16: tickler 12 Dec 2017: tickler
IAN Members? No
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