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Lutheran Community Services Northwest - Immigration Counseling and Advocacy Program (Vancouver Office)

  • Location:
    3600 Main St
    Suite 200
    Vancouver, WA 98663
  • Phone:
    (360) 694-5624
  • Fax:
    (360) 694-8515
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Lutheran Community Services Northwest offers a variety of programs and social services to immigrants and refugees who have experienced violence, trauma, or imprisonment.

Counties served: Clark, Cowlitz

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, 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)
Non-legal services: Employment services, ESL, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Social 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, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Armenian, Bosnian, English, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: This organization is a partner of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
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: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Lutheran Legal Service Organization

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Jasenka Cehajic
(360)7874711
Executive Director:
Salah Ansary
(503) 231-7480
Types of contact/attempt: Email
Last contact date: February 22, 2018
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IAN Members? Yes
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