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REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES | WORLD RELIEF

Provides refugee resettlement and immigration and citizenship services including refugee employment services, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, housing, mediation, and counseling, assistance with green cards, citizenship, counseling, legal services.

On-site therapy, counseling, group-based programming, and individual/family case management to improve lives of immigrants who have experienced severe loss and trauma.

Also currently serving refugees from Ukraine.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
General Counseling Services
English as a Second Language
Cultural Transition Counseling
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance

IMMIGRATION PROGRAM | CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCKFORD

Provides immigration legal assistance to the indigent and to low-income immigrants. Assists some US citizens who need immigration counseling and help with the preparation of a variety of petitions including applications for citizenship. Some services available are, consultation about immigration legal matters, referrals to immigration attorneys and other organizations in cases out of the scope of these services, assists in the preparation of family petitions, legal residency (Green cards) and immigration visas, and assists in the preparation of applications for temporary benefits like DACA, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Parole in- Place and the employment authorizations associated with those benefits.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES | MULTICULTURAL COALITION

Provides basic immigration legal services for those needing assistance with the completion of forms to be submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The program does not represent clients in front of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which includes both the Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals. The program can serve as a referral point for clients with orders for removal or notices to appear, but does not handle the cases. Examples of service include completion of the N-400 (Application for Citizenship) and I-485 (Adjustment of Status).

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

SAFETY - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

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Health Related Advocacy Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN IMMIGRANT PROJECT

Prepares community and allies to participate in the systems of local, state, and national politics, organize citizenship, and non-partisan voter registration. Offers information regarding DACA, citizenship preparation classes, and "Know Your Rights" trainings.

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Political Action/Lobbying Groups
Voter Registration Drives
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Citizenship Education

IMMIGRATION SERVICES | LA LUZ CENTRO CULTURAL

Provides limited immigration assistance for those seeking naturalization, residency/green card renewals, family-based visas, adjustment of status and DACA renewals.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

IMMIGRATION SERVICES | CATHOLIC CHARITIES - OMAHA

Helps individuals and families with filing a variety of USCIS forms. Services consist of legal consultations in which staff evaluate immigration legal options, advise how to proceed, and provide legal representation throughout the legal process:
-- Renewal or replacement of lawful permanent residence card (green card)
-- Family Petition (I-130) for qualifying family members
-- Fiance Petitions (I-129F)
-- Waivers of Inadmissibility (I-601/ I-601A)
-- Self-petitions under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
-- Adjustment of status for U-Visa, VAWA, Cuban Adjustment Act, Refugee/Asylee adjustment or family-based cases
-- Removal of conditions on lawful permanent status
-- Renewal or replacement or employment authorization document (work permit)
-- Refugee Travel Document (I-131)
-- Non-immigrant visa for survivors of crime (U-Visa)
-- Naturalization and certificate of citizenship
-- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
-- Humanitarian/Advance Parole
-- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests
-- FBI/CBP Background Requests
-- US Passport Application
-- Passport Photos
-- Immigration Court Proceedings
-- Immigration legal consultations
-- Translation of documents from Spanish to English
-- Community presentations and outreach to the immigrant and nonimmigrant community

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Language Translation

SAFETY - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

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Health Related Advocacy Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders

IMMIGRATION/NATURALIZATION LEGAL SERVICES | YWCA ELGIN

Provides free Immigration and Naturalization Assistance to help immigrants and refugees become US citizens.

Community education workshops will be offered, ESL/Citizenship Classes and legal assistance including preparing Naturalization and/or DACA applications.

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Citizenship and Immigration Services Offices
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language

IMMI | JUSTICIA LAB

Helps immigrants in the U.S. understand their legal options. The online screening tool, legal information, and referrals to nonprofit legal services organizations are always free to use.

Immi was created by the Immigration Advocates Network and Pro Bono Net, two nonprofit organizations dedicated to increasing access to justice for low-income immigrants.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

CONSULATE SERVICES | CONSULATE OF MEXICO

Representation of the public administration of Mexico.

Serves Mexican citizens, living or traveling in the United States.

Issues documents including Mexican passports, Consular Identification Cards, Birth Registration to Mexican Nationals born abroad, and Mexican Military Registration.

Protection for Mexican Nationals.

Visas for foreigners traveling to Mexico.

Powers of Attorney / issues Power of Attorney letters.

Promotes specialized programs to education and business community.

Promotes trade and tourism to residents in Iowa and Nebraska.

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Travelers Assistance
Identification Cards
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Passports

REFUGEE SERVICES | CIRA - CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVANCEMENT

Assists all refugees; provides programs for ESL, transportation, cultural orientation, and employment. Helps refugees learn to live and work in the United States.

Services include:

- Employment skills class

- Interpreters available to go with refugees to medical appointments or hospitals

- Coordinates health and human services, ESL classes, housing with OHA, citizenship, drivers' licenses and classes, etc.

- Job placement for refugees

-- Refugee resettlement from another country to Omaha and Lincoln

- Support groups

- Youth programming

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Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
Immigrant/Refugee Support Groups
Refugee Resettlement Services
Job Search/Placement
Language Interpretation
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

IMMIGRATION LEGAL CONSULTATIONS | IMMIGRATION LEGAL CONSULTANTS

Offers family based immigration (bringing a family member from another country), asylum, immigrant victims of crime, domestic violence, or human trafficking, DACA, citizenship , and minors who are in the USA without their parents.

Consultation clinics are routinely held in Bloomington-Normal, Champaign, Kankakee, Springfield, Peoria, and Carbondale. See website calendar for meeting information.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE | LA LUZ CENTRO CULTURAL

ESL classes are offered in the evenings in person in collaboration with North Iowa Area Community College. Classes are open to anyone, whether beginner or advanced, to practice skills and learn more.

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Language Interpretation
Language Translation
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

SAFETY - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

What's Here

Health Related Advocacy Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders

SAFETY - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

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Health Related Advocacy Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders

IMMIGRATION SERVICES | CENTRO DE INFORMACION

Provides various immigration services, including:

- Adjustment of status applications.

- Employment authorization cards.

- Consular process.

- Temporary protected status.

- Citizenship.

- DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).

- Advocacy.

- Emergency food pantry.

- Interpretation and translation of written communications.

- Asylum applications.

- Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

IMMIGRATION SERVICES | CATHOLIC CHARITIES - OMAHA

Helps individuals and families with filing a variety of USCIS forms. Services consist of legal consultations in which staff evaluate immigration legal options, advise how to proceed, and provide legal representation throughout the legal process:
-- Renewal or replacement of lawful permanent residence card (green card)
-- Family Petition (I-130) for qualifying family members
-- Fiance Petitions (I-129F)
-- Waivers of Inadmissibility (I-601/ I-601A)
-- Self-petitions under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
-- Adjustment of status for U-Visa, VAWA, Cuban Adjustment Act, Refugee/Asylee adjustment or family-based cases
-- Removal of conditions on lawful permanent status
-- Renewal or replacement or employment authorization document (work permit)
-- Refugee Travel Document (I-131)
-- Non-immigrant visa for survivors of crime (U-Visa)
-- Naturalization and certificate of citizenship
-- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
-- Humanitarian/Advance Parole
-- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests
-- FBI/CBP Background Requests
-- US Passport Application
-- Passport Photos
-- Immigration Court Proceedings
-- Immigration legal consultations
-- Translation of documents from Spanish to English
-- Community presentations and outreach to the immigrant and nonimmigrant community

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Language Translation

SAFETY - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

What's Here

Health Related Advocacy Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders

IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE SERVICES | SOUTHWEST IOWA LATINO RESOURCE CENTER

Assists Latinos in finding community programs that meet their needs.

Assistance with employment, housing, and immigration needs. Information and referral. Interpretation and translation services.

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Food Pantries
Language Translation
Housing Search Assistance
General Clothing Provision
Job Search/Placement
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Language Interpretation

NEW IOWANS LEGAL ADVICE CLINIC (NILAC) | IC COMPASSION

Offers consultations in the areas of immigration, family law, landlord/tenant, and employment or work issues.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES | CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE

Provides affordable legal services to help reunite families by assisting them navigate the immigration system and advocate on their behalf. Assists with paperwork for green card and citizenship applications, family visitor visas, deferred action for childhood arrivals, temporary protected status, violence against women act and other family-based immigration legal services.

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Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

SAFETY - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

What's Here

Health Related Advocacy Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders

IMMIGRATION SERVICES | SOMALI COMMUNITY SERVICES INC.

Education Services for children through adults, including tutoring, ESL classes, financial literacy, job readiness.

Advocacy and Support, including family crisis intervention, interpretation and document services, housing, etc.

Employment Services, including job search and placement, job readiness, resume building, etc.

Immigration services assistance with visa, affidavits, travel documents and citizenship.

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English as a Second Language
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services

IMMIGRATION SERVICES | EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS REFUGEE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE CENTER

Educates and supports refugee, asylee, and immigrant families and helps them transition to a new culture. Services include:

- Refugee/immigrant mutual support groups.

- Linkage with mainstream providers regarding the mental health needs of clientele and the barriers encountered by them. Mediations and education related to cultural differences are provided.

- One-on-one counseling at the Center, a neutral site, or in the homes of families in crisis.

- Basic immigration applications and immigration legal referrals.

- Cultural orientation counseling for refugee and other ORR eligible clients.

- Culturally appropriate workshops dealing with money, public benefits and health issues.

- Translation of documents and interpretation in community settings.

- Advocate and liaison in clients' places of employment, schools, hospitals, courts, with landlords, etc.

- Aid in completing paperwork for citizenship, residency, family reunification, etc.

- Assistance with applying for government benefits.

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Language Interpretation
Specialized Information and Referral
Citizenship Education
Cultural Transition Counseling
English as a Second Language
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Immigrant Benefits Assistance