Legal Directory
Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay
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Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay (JFCS East Bay) promotes and strengthens the social and emotional well-being of diverse individuals and families throughout the entire East Bay community by providing quality free and sliding scale immigration legal services to people in all stages of the immigration process. We represent clients in citizenship, adjustment of status, U-visas, VAWA self-petitions, and provide removal defense and more.
| Counties served: | Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? | No |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 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), Federal court appeals |
| Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender |
| Languages spoken: | Dari, English, Farsi, Russian, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
| Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 3 |
| 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: | 3 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigration Advocates Network |
Administrative Information
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| Last contact date: | July 17, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: | 2/26/15: tickler 5/24/16: tickler 17 Jul 2018: updated contact information |
| IAN Members? | No |
