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Migration Office of Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockville Centre - Immigrant Services/Refugee Resettlement

  • Location:
    143 Schleigel Blvd
    Amityville, NY 11701
  • Phone:
    (631) 789-5210
  • TTY:
    (631) 789-5225
  • Fax:
    (631) 789-5245
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Charities of Rockville provides legal counselling and representation before the US Citizenship and Immigration Service as well as the Immigration Court (EOIR), refugee resettlement, services to Victims of Human Trafficking and Immigrant victims of crimes. We advocate in order to promote a better life for immigrants in the Long Island, NY area.

Counties served: Nassau, Suffolk

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), 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: Disaster and Crisis Assistance
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Employment services, ESL, Health services, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social 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: Arabic, English, Filipino, French, Haitian Creole, Italian, Polish, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 3
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 6
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 4

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Carmen Maquilon
(631) 789-5225
Executive Director:
Carmen Maquilon
(631) 789-5210
Types of contact/attempt: Phone
Last contact date: August 7, 2018
Administrator comments: 1/31/13: updated 12/2/13: tickler 12/12/14: tickler 07 Aug 2018: UTD
IAN Members? Yes
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