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Cabrini Immigrant Services of NYC, Inc.
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Cabrini Immigrant Services of NYC (CIS) is a multi-service agency that provides legal, supportive, and educational services to the immigrant community in NYC. CIS empowers the immigrant community by providing the following services in a linguistically and culturally appropriate manner: family based immigration representation, case management, advocacy, collage preparation, civic participation, food pantry services, ESOL classes, and educational workshops surrounding issues of immigrant access to higher education, health care, and immigrant rights.
Counties served: | Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), NY (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) |
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, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, 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: | Civil Rights, Community Development, Education |
Non-legal services: | Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services |
Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender |
Languages spoken: | English, Spanish |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 2 |
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: | 0 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, New York Immigration Coalition |
Volunteering
Volunteer Coordinator |
Administrative Information
Contact Person: | |
Executive Director: | |
Last contact date: | January 2, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 10/26/12: tickler 1/24/14: tickler 2/19/15: tickler 4/20/16: tickler 02 Jan 2018: tickler |
IAN Members? | No |