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Catholic Immigration Legal Services
Catholic Immigration Legal Services provides quality legal immigration assistance to low-income residents of Washington. We offer the following immigration services: family reunification, citizenship/naturalization (including fee and disability waivers), adjustments of status (Green Cards), travel documents, employment authorization, replacement of green cards, mock interviews, accompaniment to USCIS interviews, and resource/referral. The program also conducts community outreach to enhance awareness of the benefits of citizenship, and to encourage people to apply for it. Immigration and citizenship services are provided in Seattle, Bellevue, Mount Vernon (Skagit and Whatcom counties) and Everett (Snohomish County).
Catholic Immigration Legal Services is a BIA-recognized agency that assists in assuring high quality legal representation. The BIA is the administrative appellate court for immigration law in the United States. The staff of a BIA-recognized agency must have a certain level of experience in, and knowledge of, immigration law to be accredited by the BIA to provide immigration legal services. BIA-accreditation also ensures that caseworkers will not be engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.
The legal staff includes the Directing Attorney, four Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)-Accredited representatives, one Immigration Caseworker, and one office administrator. Our multi-lingual staff is fluent in Somali, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kmhmu, Laotian, Thai, Spanish and Burmese.
- For Somali-speaking staff, Abdi Jama, extension 15.
- For Russian-speaking staff, Tatsiana Kaptsiuh, extension 14.
- For Russian-speaking staff, Natasha Willson, extension 21 only on Fridays.
- For Spanish-speaking staff, Daria Krasilnikova, extension 22.
- For Vietnamese-speaking staff, Quy Dang or Linda Nguyen, extension 20.
- For Lao, Thai or Khmu-speaking staff, Linda Chulaparn, extension 10.
- For Shoko Toyama, Billing Assistant, extension 17.
- For Michele Domingo, Immigration Director, extension 13.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: CILS is currently seeking Paralegal / Legal Interns for the Seattle and Mt. Vernon locations. Click here for the Seattle intern job description and click here for the Mt. Vernon intern job description.
Catholic Immigration Legal Services is located at St. Edward Parish in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. Immigration offices are located in Bellevue, Everett, Mount Vernon and Seattle. To find out more about our services, make a donation, or to make an appointment about your immigration issues, call at 206-725-2090, ext. 10, Linda Chulaparn, or email us. Please note, we can only provide legal immigration services to people living in Washington state. If you live outside Washington state, please try to find an immigration legal service provider in your state or you can download the directory.
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