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Christian Immigration Advocacy Center

  • Location:
    250 East Ohio Street
    Union Place Building - 5th Floor
    Pittsburgh, PA 15212
  • Phone:
    (412) 532-6181
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Phone or online intake / services available
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The Christian Immigration Advocacy Center is a non-profit law firm that provides high quality, low-cost, immigration related legal services to immigrants and refugees in the Pittsburgh region  and throughout the United States (virtually).

State served: Pennsylvania

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, Naturalization/Citizenship, 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
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: Portuguese, Spanish
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? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Jessica Weaver
(412) 532-6181
Administrator comments: 06 Dec 2021: tickler 04 Jan 2022: updated from tickler responses
IAN Members? No
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