Legal Directory
HIAS Immigration & Citizenship
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JCFS Chicago’s HIAS Immigration & Citizenship provides comprehensive immigration, citizenship, and refugee empowerment services to support individuals and families with the resources and connections necessary for a safe and meaningful life in the United States.
| 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, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Non-legal services: | Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, Housing referrals, Language services, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services, Social services |
| Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: | Arabic, Burmese, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Kurdish, Malay-Indonesian, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Urdu, Rohingya |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
| Other information: | This organization serves clients from the greater Metro Chicago area. Services range from free to nominal fees. |
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: | 4 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 2 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Immigration Advocates Network, Refugee Action Network |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
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Administrative Information
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| Last contact date: | August 13, 2025 |
| 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 |
