Muslim Women Resource Center
Muslim Women Resource Center's mission is to assist immigrant and refugee Muslim women to overcome cultural and language barriers, and prepare them with appropriate occupational skills to become self-sufficient and ready to enter the job market.
| Counties served: |
Cook, De Kalb, Du Page, Kane, Lake, Will |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? |
Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Non-legal services: |
Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Language services, Referrals to other services, Social services |
| Languages spoken: |
Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Levantine), Bosnian, Burmese, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Iraqi, Pashto, Persian, Urdu |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
No |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
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: |
2 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: |
0 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? |
Yes |
| Network affiliations: |
Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, World Relief |
Administrative Information
| Contact Person: |
Sima Qurashi
(773) 764-1686
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| Executive Director: |
Sima Qurashi
(773) 764-1686
|
| Types of contact/attempt: |
Phone |
| Last contact date: |
July 25, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: |
1/30/15: tickler
7/26/16: phone with front desk assistant
25 Jul 2018: updated contact information |
| IAN Members? |
No |
