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United Farm Workers Foundation (Bakersfield Office)

  • Location:
    3002 Whittier Blvd
    Los Angeles, CA 90023
  • Phone:
    (877) 881-8281
  • Toll-free:
    1-877-881-8281
  • Fax:
    (661) 857-8371
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The United Farm Workers Foundation (UFW Foundation) provides immigration legal assistance to the community through services such as family petitions, naturalization, Deferred Action (DACA) requests, advance parole, U Visas, waivers, Removal Defense and many other immigration services.

State served: California

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, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, 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: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court
Other areas of legal assistance: Public Benefits, Taxes
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes
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, Mixteco, Mandarin
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 7
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 7
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 26
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 8

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, United Farm Workers

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Fatima Hernandez
(661) 324-2500
Executive Director:
Diana Tellefson Torres
(323) 264-2700
Last contact date: January 30, 2018
Administrator comments: 1/5/12: address update request, updated 8/15/12: updated DACA 9/25/12: tickler 12/3/13: tickler 2/13/15: tickler 4/27/16: tickler 30 Jan 2018: tickler
IAN Members? No
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