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Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services - Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Services (St. Paul Office)
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Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Services provides immigration services to low-income clients in the east metro and southern Minnesota. Services include naturalization, adjustment of status (family and refugee/asylee), U Visa, VAWA, visa petitions for spouses and minor children, and replacement of lost/stolen/expired immigration documents.
| Counties served: | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Jackson, Le Sueur, Martin, McLeod, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Ramsey, Redwood, Rice, Rock, Scott, Sibley, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan, Winona |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, T visas, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Other areas of legal assistance: | Family & Juvenile |
| Non-legal services: | Referrals to other services |
| Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities |
| Languages spoken: | English, Filipino, Hmong, Khmer, Laotian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? | No |
| Other information: | Serves low-income clients under 125% FPG. Organization is LSC-funded and follows LSC eligibility guidelines. |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 3 |
| 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: | 1 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Immigration Advocates Network |
Administrative Information
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| Last contact date: | August 6, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: | 10/10/12: tickler 12/9/13: tickler 1/30/15: tickler 4/6/16: tickler 06 Aug: updated contact information |
| IAN Members? | Yes |
