Immigration Legal Services

Program Website

Immigration Services https://www.catholiccharities-md.org/services/immigration/

Program staff provide services in other lanuages

Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic

Office days/hours

Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm, Friday 9am-1pm

Intake days/hours (walk-in)

All Esperanza Center programs are closed to in-person services during COVID-19.

Intake days/hours (by phone)

Monday-Thursday, 9am-Noon; Immigration Legal Services: 667-600-2933 Educational Services: 667-600-2943 Client Services: 667-600-2401 Health Clinic: 667-600-2942 Family Reunification Services: 667-600-2960 Victim Services Case Management: 667-600-2906

Cost or fee (describe)

$100 consultation fee

Condition of waiver (describe)

If you are unable to pay the consultation fee, fee waivers are available on a limited basis. For survivors of crime, domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, consultations are free of charge.

Eligibility-residence-county

Maryland residents

Program Description

Provides affordable and pro bono legal counseling and representation in a wide-range of immigration matters including:

Immigration consultations
Family-based petitions
Adjustment of status
Trafficking, crime victim, and domestic violence-based immigration applications
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) applications and renewals
Immigrant visa processing
Applications for Citizenship
Inadmissibility waiver applications
Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
NACARA (Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act)
Removal defense (Defense against deportation)
Asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture

The Esperanza Center is providing consultations for new clients with open cases by appointment only. For questions regarding immigration legal services, please call 667-600-2941 or email ilsinfo@cc-md.org.

The Esperanza Center's menu of services with costs can be found here: https://cc-md.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ILS-Menu-of-Services-6-202…

Services

Domestic Violence

Brief advice/Help with forms/Clinics

Immigration and Citizenship

Brief advice/Help with forms/Clinics