Legal Directory
HIAS (New York Office)
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HIAS provides direct legal representation to immigrants in the New York Metropolitan area who fall under 200% of the poverty guidelines and are in some way afraid to return to their home country before USCIS, New York and Newark Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.
| Counties served: | Bronx, Dutchess, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, NY (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Suffolk, Ulster, Westchester |
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: | 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 |
| Non-legal services: | Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Referrals to other services, Social services |
| Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: | English, Spanish, Other languages provided via language line. |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? | No |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 3 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 0 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Friends Service Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Church World Service, Detention Watch Network, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Lutheran Legal Service Organization, Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights, NYU/Belleve Program for Survivors of Torture |
Administrative Information
| Contact Person: | |
| Executive Director: |
Mark Hetfield
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| Last contact date: | February 26, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: | 12/10/12: tickler 2/7/14: Updated alt phone: (212) 613-1420 2/19/15: tickler 7/18/16: tickler 26 Feb 2018: tickler 13 Oct 2021: tickler 26 Oct 2021: updated from tickler responses 5/2/24: update via email |
| IAN Members? | No |
