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Pisgah Legal Services - Justice For All Project

  • Location:
    440 S Church St
    Hendersonville, NC 28792
  • Phone:
    (828) 692-7622
  • Toll-free:
    (800) 489-6144
  • TTY:
    (828) 253-0406
  • Fax:
    (828) 252-8927
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Pisgah Legal Services - Justice For All Project provides legal aid to low-income immigrants who are eligible to secure legal immigration status and/or work authorization.

Counties served: Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey
Detention Facilities Served: Henderson County Detention Facility (NC)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, 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)
Other areas of legal assistance: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Homeless, Housing, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, 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: 1
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Immigration Advocates Network, National Immigration Project

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Lynne Davis
(828) 253-0406
Executive Director:
Jim Barrett
(828) 210-3408
Types of contact/attempt: Email
Last contact date: August 6, 2018
Administrator comments: 10/5/12: tickler 12/6/13: tickler 12/12/14: tickler 1/30/15: tickler 6/1/16: tickler Betsy Fetter - (828) 210-3444 Jim Barrett - (828) 210-3408 Tina Owen - (828) 210-3430 06 Aug 2018: updated phone numbers
IAN Members? No
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