Legal Directory
New York Justice for Our Neighbors, Inc.
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New York Justice for Our Neighbors welcomes immigrants into our communities with compassion, dignity, and love by providing high quality free and low-cost legal services to vulnerable immigrants, education to communities of faith and the public about the immigration system, and advocacy for immigrant rights.
| Counties served: | Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, NY (Manhattan), Queens, 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, Humanitarian Parole, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, P1 or P2 for Afghans, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), 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), Federal court appeals |
| Non-legal services: | Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP) |
| Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, 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: | Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? | No |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 3 |
| 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: | 0 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Church World Service, Justice for our Neighbors/United Methodist Committee on Relief, National Justice for Our Neighbors |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
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Administrative Information
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| Administrator comments: | 25 Oct 2021: tickler 26 Oct 2021: updated from tickler responses |
| IAN Members? | No |
