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Juan Neumann Center

  • Location:
    545 60th St.
    Brooklyn, NY 11220
  • Phone:
    (718) 439-8160
  • Fax:
    (718) 439-8685
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, rpcssr@gmail.com
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The Juan Neumann Center offers high-quality legal assistance to the Sunset Park and surrounding immigrant communities at the lowest possible cost.

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, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), 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: Nonprofit Organizations
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Housing referrals, Language services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Juveniles, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Fuganese, Portuguese, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 3
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

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

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Ruskin Piedra
(718) 439-8160
Executive Director:
Ruskin Piedra
(718) 439-8160
Last contact date: January 5, 2018
Administrator comments: 9/24/12: tickler. 4/17/14: tickler 2/1/15: tickler 2/27/15: feedback 9/7/16: phone 05 Jan 2018: tickler 25 Oct 2021: tickler 26 Oct 2021: updated from tickler responses
IAN Members? No
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