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La Raza Centro Legal

  • Location:
    474 Valencia St
    Suite 295
    San Francisco, CA 94103
  • Phone:
    (415) 575-3500
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

La Raza Centro Legal is a community-based legal organization dedicated to empowering Latino, immigrant and low-income communities of San Francisco to advocate for their civil and human rights. We combine legal services, advocacy, and social services to build grassroots power and alliances towards creating a movement for a just society.

Counties served: San Francisco, San Mateo

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, 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: 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: Elder Law, Employment
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: We provide free DACA help for applicants residing in San Francisco and San Mateo counties. We provide free services for Senior Naturalizations in San Francisco county. Depending on the case and county of residence, we may charge a nominal fee for legal services on a sliding scale basis. We can also provide services for applicants in other counties.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 4
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Immigration Advocates Network, National Immigration Project, San Francisco Immigration Legal and Education Network, Collaborative Resources for Immigrant Services on the Peninsula (CRISP)

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Tiara Pineda
(415) 575-3500 ext 401
Executive Director:
Maria Victoria Castro
(415) 575-3500
Last contact date: July 17, 2018
Administrator comments: 12/2/13: tickler 12/12/14: tickler 17 Jul 2018: updated contact information
IAN Members? Yes
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