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Catholic Migration Services, Inc.

  • Location:
    191 Joralemon St.
    4th Fl
    Brooklyn, NY 11201
  • Phone:
    (718) 236-3000
  • Fax:
    (718) 256-9707
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Migration Services, Inc. (Brooklyn Office) provides a wide range of programs and services to immigrants of all faiths.

Counties served: Kings (Brooklyn), Queens

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, 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: Employment, Housing
Non-legal services: Employment services, Housing referrals, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, 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, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: In addition to immigration legal services, we offer housing and employment legal services.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 9
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 4
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 3

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

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Magdalena Barbosa
(347) 472-3500, ext. 1017
Executive Director:
Patrick Keating
(718) 236-3000
Last contact date: February 5, 2018
Administrator comments: 9/17/12: tickler update 2/7/14: Updated 4/22/15: e-mail 3/30/16: tickler 05 Feb 2018: tickler Updated August 2022
IAN Members? No
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