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UnLocal, Inc.

  • Location:
    45 West 29th Street
    Suite 203
    New York, NY 10001
  • Phone:
    (646) 216-8210
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

UnLocal aims to address the fundamental injustices and structural inequities that disproportionately impact immigrant communities. We are a community-centered non-profit organization that provides direct immigration legal representation, community education, outreach, and advocacy for New York's undocumented immigrants. UnLocal is dedicated to creating sustainable structures that build collective power and allow us to flourish.

Counties served: Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), NY (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
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)
Non-legal services: Social services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, 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

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 6
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Terry Lawson
(646) 216-8210
Executive Director:
Terry Lawson
(646) 216-8210
Last contact date: February 12, 2018
Administrator comments: 8/27/14: updated counties and services 1/30/15: tickler 3/28/16: updated 05 Jan 2018: tickler 12 Feb 2018: tickler 26 January 2022: Updated from email to info
IAN Members? No
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