Legal Directory
Justice For Our Neighbors (Houston Office)
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Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) Houston is a non-profit immigration legal service provider, working to promote a more equitable society, by reducing barriers to employment and increase economic stability for low-income immigrants. The mission of JFON Houston is to provide low-income individuals and families with affordable, high quality immigration legal services and to engage in immigration education and advocacy.
Counties served: | Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery |
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, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
Types of immigration legal services provided: | 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: | Education |
Non-legal services: | Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP) |
Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | English, French, Spanish, Swahili, Urdu |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 1 |
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, CARE, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Church World Service, Justice for our Neighbors/United Methodist Committee on Relief, YMCA, Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative |
Volunteering
Volunteer Coordinator |
Administrative Information
Contact Person: | |
Executive Director: | |
Last contact date: | March 5, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 4/19/16: added 05 Mar 2018: tickler |
IAN Members? | No |