Applying For Refugee Status/Political Asylum in the United States

Processes and Organizations that Help

http://www.afsc.org/archive/nymetro/ImmigrantsRights/resources/Asylum.pdf

Contact Information for Language Intake Procedure Limitations

Boat People SOS 400 Arlington Blvd.,Ste. 640
Falls Church VA 22042
703-538-2190

Vietnamese, French

Walk-in 10-4 weekdays No detained cases, no Removal cases
1515 Park Road NW, #3
Washington DC 20010
202-234-3598

Vietnamese

Walk-in 10-4 weekdays No detained cases, no Removal cases
1401 University Blvd, G115
Hyattsville MD 20783
301-439-0505

Walk-in 10-4 weekdays No detained cases, no Removal cases
Capital Area Immigrants Rights (CAIR) Coalition

415 Michigan Avenue NE
Washington DC 20017
202-756-2764

Spanish, French

Call for an appointment. Asylum cases only. Some detained cases in Virginia Catholic

Charities ñ Hogar Hispano
6201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 307
Falls Church VA 22044
703-534-9805

Spanish, Farsi, Amharic, Pashtu Call for appointment; $25 consultation fee No Removal cases with criminal convictions Catholic Charities

Immigration Legal Services

Spanish

Ayuda
1736 Columbia Road NW
Washington DC 20009
202-387-4848

Bilingual (English and Spanish) legal assistance for the Latino population in immigration, domestic violence and domestic relations.

Spanish, French, Polish Mon & Thurs first 25 people at 9AM, $15 fee
No detained cases

430 S. Broadway
Baltimore MD 21231
410-534-8015

Spanish, French, Dutch Walk in Wednesdays 9-12 and Thursdays 1-4pm No appeals where they were not the trial attorney.

Catholic Immigration Services
1815 H Street NW, Suite 906
Washington DC 20006
202-466-6611

Spanish Center for Applied Legal Studies
Georgetown 111 F Street NW, Suite 332
Washington DC 20002-2095.
202-662-9565
Call for appointment M-F 9AM-5PM, NO walk-ins. Only asylum cases in Removal. No detained cases.

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
1459 Columbia Road NW
Washington DC 20009.
202-328-9799
Spanish M-F 9-11:30 first 10 people; $15 fee (waived for indigent clients). No detained or employment-based cases;

Salvadoran and Guatemalan asylum
George Washington University Immigration Clinic
2000 G Street NW, Suite B-04
Washington DC 20052
202-994-7463
Only during school semesters; only for Removal Proceedings

Hispanic Committee of Virginia ñ Comite Hispano de Virginia,
5827 Columbia Pike, Suite 200
Falls Church, VA 22041
703-671-5666

Spanish $25 for an attorney, Walk-in Tues and Weds 9-4

2409 N. 15th Street #100
Arlington, VA 22201
703-243-3033

Spanish $25 for an attorney, Walk-in Friday 8-4

Immigration Legal Services for Catholic Charities 924 G Street NW
Washington DC 20005
202-772-4356

Indonesian, Spanish, French Call 202-772-4356 for intake and appointment. No detained cases

11160 Viers Mill Rd, Ste 700
Wheaton MD 20902
301-942-1856

Indonesian, Spanish, French Call 202-772-4356 for intake and appointment. No detained cases

7949 15th Avenue, #100
Hyattsville MD 20783.
301-434-6453

Indonesian, Spanish, French

Call 202-772-4356 for intake and appointmentNo detained cases

Just Neighbors Ministry, Inc.
716 South Glebe Road
Arlington VA 22204.
703-979-1240

Spanish, French, Swahili,

Otetela Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
100 Maryland Ave. NE, #500
Washington DC 20002
202-547-5692

SpanishCall for an appointment. No walk-ins. Asylum cases only.

Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area
7401 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church VA 22043
703-698-5026 x109

Progresso Hispano
6301 Richmond Highway
Alexandria VA 22306.
703-431-4703

Spanish Call or walk-in

Spanish Catholic Center
1015 University Blvd. East
Silver Spring MD 20903
301-431-377

3117 N. Frederick Ave.
Gaithersburg MD 20877
301-417-9113

1618 Monroe Street NW
Washington DC 20010
202-939-2404

Tahirih Justice Center
PO Box 7638
Falls Church VA 22040
703-237-4554

French, Korean, Hindi Call for appointment; NO walk-ins. No detained cases; focus on

gender-based cases

Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law11
Dupont Circle, Suite 40
Washington DC 20036
202-319-1000

Spanish Call for appointment. No walk-ins. No detained cases; focus on affirmative

asylum, discrimination against newcomers

Prepared by Jean Bruggeman at Boat People SOS.