Legal Directory
North Carolina Justice Center - Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
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The Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (IRRP - NC) helps low-income immigrants with a variety of immigration matters and civil cases on issues affecting immigrant communities. Our attorneys and paralegals handle individual immigration cases and we offer referrals to other community-based legal service programs. Unfortunately, we cannot accept walk-in clients; our work is by appointment only.
| State served: | North Carolina |
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), Family-based petitions, NACARA, 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, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals |
| Other areas of legal assistance: | Civil Rights, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Education, Employment, Foreclosure, Housing, Public Benefits |
| Non-legal services: | Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services |
| Populations served: | 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 |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? | No |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 2 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? | No |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 2 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Friends Service Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Detention Watch Network, Immigration Advocates Network, National Immigration Project |
Administrative Information
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| Last contact date: | August 6, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: | 12/10/12: tickler 3/20/14: tickler 3/4/15: phone (Other attorneys on staff providing KYR, etc.) 5/4/16: tickler 06 Aug 2018: updated contact information Updated 2022 |
| IAN Members? | Yes |
