Legal Directory
Bilingual International Assistant Services (St. Louis Office)
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Bilingual International Assistant Services (BIAS) empowers the underrepresented and under-served communities through a variety of programs and services. Our mission is to ensure equal access to healthcare, mental health, and social services for all, regardless of national origin or language ability, through the advocacy, education, and direct multilingual services we provide.
State served: | Missouri |
Services Provided
Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Naturalization/Citizenship |
Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) |
Other areas of legal assistance: | Consumer, Disability, Disaster and Crisis Assistance, Health, Public Benefits |
Non-legal services: | Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, ESL, Health services, Language services, Legislative advocacy (state or national), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services |
Populations served: | Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Dari, English, Farsi, German, Iraqi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, most of the common languages |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Other information: | Youth programming and senior programming. |
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: | 3 |
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 1 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigration Advocates Network, World Relief |
Volunteering
Volunteer Coordinator |
Administrative Information
Contact Person: | |
Executive Director: | |
Last contact date: | January 31, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 11/8/12: tickler 12/6/13: tickler 12/17/14: tickler 4/6/16: tickler 31 Jan 2018: tickler |
IAN Members? | No |