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Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. (Lexington Office)

  • Location:
    501 W 6th St, Suite 250
    Lexington, KY 40508
  • Phone:
    (859) 226-5661
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) is a comprehensive resettlement agency for refugees, parolees, and asylees. KRM is an affiliate office of Church World Service.

State served: Kentucky

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, 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 before the Immigration Court
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Employment services, ESL, Housing referrals, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, English, French, Haitian Creole, Kirundi, Nepali, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Ukrainian
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
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: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Church World Service

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Emily Lauren

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Emily Jones
(859) 226-5661
Executive Director:
John Koehlinger
Last contact date: March 20, 2018
Administrator comments: 7/1/15: added 4/5/16: tickler 20 Mar 2018: tickler
IAN Members? No
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