Direct/Legal Services

The Coalition provides a vast array of family-based immigration services including one-on-one legal consultations and application assistance on issues such as: adjustment of legal status, filing for citizenship and naturalization and family-based petitions. Consultations are offered in a trusting and confidential atmosphere.

Each consultation, led by our highly experienced paralegals, includes an extensive intake process, assistance with filing petitions and making referrals, depending on the need. In 1996 with the passage of repressive immigration laws severely curtailing the rights of non-citizens, the Coalition responded to the dramatic rise in detentions and deportations of legal permanent residents with the establishment of partnerships with pro-bono attorneys at Legal Aid Society and the Columbia Law School Legal Clinic.