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Tacoma Community House

  • Location:
    1314 South L St
    Tacoma, WA 98405
  • Phone:
    (253) 383-3951
  • Fax:
    (253) 593-7853
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Tacoma Community House (TCH) is a Department of Justice recognized organization that provides high quality, low-cost immigration assistance in the greater Puget Sound area.

Counties served: Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Thurston

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, 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
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Employment services, ESL, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims
Languages spoken: Cambodian, English, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Clients are seen by appointment only.

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: 6
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 6

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, North West Immigrant Rights Project

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Yana Cosme
(253) 383-3951
Executive Director:
Liz B. Dunbar
(253) 383-3951
Types of contact/attempt: Email
Last contact date: February 12, 2018
Administrator comments: 7/24/13: approved for directory 9/30/13: nonlegal svcs and populations updated 3/18/14: tickler 12/16/14: tickler 5/17/16: tickler 12 Feb 2018: tickler
IAN Members? Yes
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