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Central American Refugee Center (Hempstead Office)

  • Location:
    91 N. Franklin St.
    Suite 208
    Hempstead, NY 11550
  • Phone:
    (516) 489-8330
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN - NY) is a nonprofit organization providing immigration legal services and advocacy to the immigrant community on Long Island. CARECEN's attorneys and paralegals provide immigration legal assistance at low or no cost.

Counties served: Nassau, Suffolk

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, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, ESL, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender
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: 8
Is organization BIA recognized? No
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: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Elise de Castillo
(516) 489-8330 x 102
Executive Director:
Elise de Castillo
(516) 489-8330 x 102
Last contact date: January 2, 2018
Administrator comments: 1/23/15: phone updated 4/25/16: tickler 02 Jan 2018: tickler Updated August 2022
IAN Members? No
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