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Catholic Social Services of Scranton - Immigration and Refugee Services

  • Location:
    600 Wyoming Ave
    Scranton, PA 18509
  • Phone:
    (570) 207-2283 ext. 2121
  • Fax:
    (570)342-0985
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, Zoom, Viber
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Catholic Social Services of Scranton offers guidance and advocacy to immigrants and refugees through a broad range of immigration services.

Counties served: Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe

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, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, 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 before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Other areas of legal assistance: Nonprofit Organizations
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, ESL, Housing referrals, Language services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, 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: Bulgarian, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Nepali, Russian
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: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Asista, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Yuliya Georgieva
5702072283
Executive Director:
Steve Nocilla
(570)209-9200 ext 103
Last contact date: January 11, 2018
Administrator comments: 10/3/12: tickler 12/10/13: tickler 12/12/14: tickler 4/22/16: tickler 11 Jan 2018: tickler 29 Nov 2021: tickler 03 Jan 2022: updated from tickler responses
IAN Members? No
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