Legal Help & Other Resources

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Places to find legal help:

  1. The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) works with Immigration Legal Support Centers across New York City that provide free, trusted immigration legal services. Centers are located in community spaces, public health facilities, schools, and libraries. Services are available in multiple languages and are open to all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status.
    MOIA Immigration Legal Support Centers offer:
    • Free legal screenings to assess eligibility for immigration benefits
    • Free legal assistance from experienced attorneys or DOJ-accredited representatives for matters including: Citizenship; Green card applications and renewals; DACA; Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
    • Referrals to City-funded and community-based services

    Check each Legal Support Center's linked website for more details

    Bronx

    BronxWorks

    • Address: 1130 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY, 10456

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-508-3091

    • Language(s) Spoken: English and Spanish

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above or e-mail legalsupportcenter@bronxworks.org to schedule an appointment.

    Catholic Charities Community Services, South Bronx Center

    • Address: 402 East 152nd Street, Bronx, NY, 10455

    • Phone Number: 212-419-3700

    • Language(s) Spoken: Over 200 languages through language access services

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs (NAICA)

    • Address: 181 E. 161st street, Lobby office, Bronx, NY, 10451

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM.

    • Phone Number: 718-538-3344 ext. 130

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC)

    • Address: 8 Clinton Place, Bronx, NY, 10453

    • Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 212-822-8310

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and French

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the intake line at 929-415-8745, Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00am-12:00pm to schedule an appointment.

    Brooklyn

    Arab American Association of NY

    • Address: 6803 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11220

    • Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-745-3523

    • Language(s) Spoken: English and Arabic

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please email info@arabamericanny.org to schedule an appointment.

    Arab American Family Support Center

    • Address: 150 Court Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11201

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-643-8000

    • Language(s) Spoken: Arabic, Spanish, Urdu, and Bangla

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services

    • Address: 1101-B Liberty Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11028

    • Hours of Operation: 10:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-235-1700

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, Bangla, and Haitian Creole

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    CAMBA

    • Address: 20 Snyder Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11226

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-940-6311

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, and Urdu

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Center for Family Life

    • Address: 443 39th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11225

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-438-9500

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Council Of Peoples Organization (COPO)

    • Address: 1077 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11230

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-434-3266

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, Punjabi, Pashto, Hindi, Nepali, Uzbek, and Farsi

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call 718-434-3266 ext. 1016, email to orasheed@copo.org or htahir@copo.org, or walk-in during business hours to schedule an appointment.

    Caribbean Women's Health Association

    • Address: 2351 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm; third Saturday of the month, 10:00am-3:00pm

    • Phone Number: 929-399-8070, please press 1 (immigration department)

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Haitian Creole, and Spanish

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization:Please call the phone number above or email immigrationcwha@gmail.com to schedule an appointment.

    Make the Road New York

    • Address: 301 Grove Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11237

    • Hours of Operation: Monday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Tuesday - Thursday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

    • Phone Number: 718-418-7690

    • Language(s) Spoken: English and Spanish

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Manhattan

    African Communities Together

    • Address: 127 West, 127th Street Suite 221 New York, NY 10027

    • Hours of Operation: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

    • Phone Number: 347-746-2281

    • Language(s) Spoken: French, Wolof, Mandingo (Dioula, Bambara) Malinke (Guinea), Fulani(Guinea), Pulaar(Senegal & Mauritania), Mandinka(Gambia, Senegal), Arabic, Hassaniya(Mauritania), Moore, Dendi(Niger), Ewe(Togo), Soninke(Gambia,Mali,Senegal), Amharic, Tigrinya

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: phone, email and walk-ins

    African Services Committee (ASC)

    • Address: 429 W 127th Street, Floor 3, New York, NY 10027

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 212-222-3882

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, French, Wolof

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please fill out ASC's Intake form

    Catholic Charities Community Services, Immigrant & Refugee Services

    • Address: 80 Maiden Lane, 23rd Floor, New York, NY, 10038

    • Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 212-419-3700

    • Language(s) Spoken: Over 200 languages through language access services

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Gay Men's Health Crisis

    • Address: 307 West 38th Street, New York, NY, 10018 (Between 8th and 9th Avenues)

    • Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

    • Phone Number: 212-367-1181

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and French

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization:Please call 212-367-1181 or e-mail legalimmigration@gmhc.org to schedule an appointment.

    Lutheran Social Services of New York

    • Address: 75 W 125th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10027

    • Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 212-265-1826

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and French

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Email aslanintake@lssny.org

    Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation

    • Address: 45 Wadsworth Avenue, New York, NY, 10033

    • Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 212-822-8310

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and French

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the intake line at 929-415-8745, Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:00am- 12:00pm to schedule an appointment.

    Project Rousseau

    • Address: 1560 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Bangla

    • Phone Number: 917-719-1060

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please fill out Project Rousseau's new intake form. New clients will not be received via walk-in

    Urban Justice Center

    • Address: 40 Rector Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY, 10006

    • Hours of Operation: 9AM-5PM

    • Phone Number: 646-602-5617

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please email swp@urbanjustice.org to schedule an appointment.

    Queens

    Sunnyside Community Services

    • Address: 43-31 39th Street, Sunnyside, NY, 11104

    • Hours of Operation: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

    • Phone Number: 718-784-6173, ext. 513

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Advocacy Center of Queens County

    • Address: 62-07 Woodside Ave, Woodside, NY, 11377

    • Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-472-9400

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, Haitian Creole

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    CIANA

    • Address: 36-12 34th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Astoria, NY, 11106

    • Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 10 AM-6pm, Saturday (legal services by appointment only) 10 AM-4pm

    • Phone Number: 718-545-4040

    • Language(s) Spoken: Arabic, Bangla, French, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call or text the phone number above, walk-in, or contact their team through the Ciana website to schedule an appointment

    La Victoria Foundation

    • Address: 37-53 90th Street, Queens, NY, 11372

    • Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday - 10:00am-6:00pm

    • Phone Number: 347-985-4079

    • Language(s) Spoken: English & Spanish

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Make the Road New York

    • Address: 104-19 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, NY, 11368

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Thursday 9:00am-7:30PM, Friday 9:00am-5:30pm

    • Phone Number: 718-565-8500

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    MinKwon Center for Community Action

    • Address: 133-29 41st Avenue, Suite 202, Flushing, NY, 11355

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 10:00am-6:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-460-5600

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Korean, Mandarin Chinese

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above or email minkwon@minkwon.org to schedule an appointment.

    Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC)

    • Address: 33-14 41st Avenue, Flushing, NY, 11355

    • Hours of Operation: 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-358-8899

    • Language(s) Spoken: Mandarin, Cantonese, English

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    NYLAG Legal Health

    • Address: Elmhurst Hospital, Room E1-40C, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY, 11373

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please contact an H+H social worker, a community health worker, a clinical provider or visit legalhealth.org/find-us/ to schedule an appointment.

    Queens Community House

    • Address: Forest Hills Community Center, 108-25 62nd Drive, Forest Hills, NY, 11375

    • Hours of Operation: 8:00am-6:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-592-5757, ext. 245

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please send an email address to Immigration@qchnyc.org to schedule an appointment.

    Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

    • Address: 10-25 41st Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 718-784-7447 ext. 129

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish (additional languages available through an interpreter)

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Sunnyside Community Services

    • Address: 43-31 39th Street, Sunnyside, NY, 11104

    • Hours of Operation: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

    • Phone Number: 718-784-6173, ext. 513

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Women for Afghan Women

    • Address: 71-19 162nd Street, Unit CF-D, Fresh Meadows, NY, 11365

    • Hours of Operation: Mondays - Thursdays from 9:00am-5:00pm, Fridays from 9:00am-1:00pm.

    • Phone Number: 718-591-2434

    • Language(s) Spoken: Dari/Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, Hindi, English, Turkish, and Ukrainian

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above or email nycc@womenforafghanwomen.org to schedule an appointment.

    Staten Island

    Make the Road New York

    • Address: 161 Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10302

    • Language(s) Spoken: Spanish and English

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

    Project Hospitality

    • Address: 221 Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10302

    • Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

    • Phone Number: 929-598-6211

    • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish, and Yoruba

    • Best Way to Contact this Organization: Please call or text the phone number above to schedule an appointment.

  2. Call the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs' Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 to be connected to free, confidential legal support in your language

  3. ONA (Office for New Americans) Helpline: 1-800-566-7636

  4. Documented New York New York Shelter Guide (Spanish only)

  5. IAN (Immigrant Advocates Network) Directory:

  6. IAN (Immigrant Advocates Network) Directory

  7. USA Hello Resource Finder

  8. Cities for Action Resource Finder

Information on your case:

  1. Immigration Court case information number: 1-800-898-7180

Change Your Address With US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

If you have an electronic monitoring device (GPS or ICE issued phone), please send an email to ERONYCATD@ice.dhs.gov to schedule an appointment. Include your alien registration number, address, and contact number when communicating with ICE regarding your case.

All others, please write to the scheduling mailbox at ERONYCAppointments@ice.dhs.gov. Include your alien registration number, address, and contact number when communicating with ICE regarding your case.

USCIS strongly encourages you to update your address with USCIS to ensure you receive all correspondence and benefits from them in a timely manner and avoid possible delays related to your case. You can file the Form AR-11, Alien’s Change of Address Card, online using the Change of Address page (see below).

Filing Form AR-11 online will update your address on all pending applications, petitions, or requests that you include on the form. You do not need to mail Form AR-11 if you use the change of address webpage.

Instructions on how to change addresses with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)/USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) can be found HERE.

Change Your Address With Immigration Court

You must file this form with the immigration court within five working days of the change to your contact information, or your receipt of a charging document (e.g., a Notice to Appear, or NTA) with incorrect contact information. The immigration court will send all official correspondence (e.g., notices, decisions) to the address you provide. If you fail to appear at any hearing before an immigration judge when notice of that hearing or other official correspondence was served on you or sent to the address you provided, DHS (Department of Homeland Security) may take you into custody. In addition, the immigration court may conduct your hearing in your absence and enter an order of removal, deportation, or exclusion against you. 

Instructions on how to change address/venue with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) can be found HERE

Resources and information for asylum seekers in the US (courtesy of RIF Asylum Support)

A Walkthrough of Form I-589 Part 1 can be found HERE and Part 2 can be found HERE.

A video with instructions on how to apply for asylum online can be found HERE.

For information on Asylum Claims and Interviews Based on Sexual Orientation Persecution, click HERE.

Rights of asylum seekers in the US

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Guide in English can be found HERE.

Pro Se instructions on how to apply for asylum

UNHCR resources English can be found HERE.

Explainer on ICE Check-In Process

Intensive Supervision and Assistance Program (ISAP) information in English can be found HERE.

Information for People Continuing North to Canada

The Canadian Sanctuary Network has a wealth of information, including how to make a n asylum claim, all of which can be found HERE.