Legal Directory
Immigration Legal Services - Brentwood (ILSOLI)
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Immigration Legal Services of Long Island (ILSOLI) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization serving indigent immigrants who live or work within the tri-state area. It only provides family-based immigration services, such as asylum, adjustment of status, relative petitions, naturalization, DACA, DAPA, VAWA, SIJS, TPS, U & T visas, waivers, court representation, detained and non-detained, etc.
Counties served: | Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, NY (Manhattan), Queens, Suffolk |
Detention Facilities Served: | Bergen County Jail (NJ), Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility (NJ), Essex County Correctional Facility (NJ), Hudson County Correctional Facility (NJ), Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility (NJ) |
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, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, 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) |
Other areas of legal assistance: | Civil Rights, Community Development, Family & Juvenile |
Non-legal services: | ESL, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services |
Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | Telugu |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 4 |
Is organization BIA recognized? | No |
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 6 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Kids In Need of Defense, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) |
Administrative Information
Contact Person: | |
Last contact date: | August 7, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 2/13/15: added 4/11/16: tickler 07 Aug 2018: updated contact information |
IAN Members? | No |