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HIAS Immigration & Citizenship

  • Location:
    5150 Golf Road
    Suite 700
    Skokie, IL 60077
  • Phone:
    8477455434
  • Fax:
    (312) 553-5452
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Phone calls, Phone intake available.
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

HIAS Immigration & Citizenship, part of JCFS Chicago's family of services, provides a wide range of pre- and post-immigration services in order to help immigrants integrate into their communities, reunite with family members, and realize their dreams of becoming U.S. Citizens.

Counties served: Cook, Lake

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
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, Language services, Referrals to other services
Populations served: Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender
Languages spoken: English, Russian, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: This organization serves clients from the greater Metro Chicago area. Services have nominal fees.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
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: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Immigration Advocates Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Jessica Schaffer
8477456434
Executive Director:
Stacey Shor
(312) 673-3232
Last contact date: January 5, 2018
Administrator comments: 11/19/12: tickler 10/4/13: updated staff, counties, description by jodidoane@jcfs.org 2/26/15: phone 8/2/16: tickler 05 Jan 2018: tickler 29 Nov 2021: tickler 29 Dec 2021: updated from tickler responses
IAN Members? No
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