Catholic Immigration Legal Services (CILS) provides quality legal immigration assistance to low-income residents of Washington. Currently, CILS provides free citizenship/N-400 application assistance to people who are currently receiving public benefits or living in the city of Seattle. All other immigration legal services are provided for a small fee.
Our offices are located in Seattle and Mount Vernon and we serve residents from King, Skagit, Whatcom, Island, San Juan and Snohomish counties.
Services provided by CILS include:
- Citizenship/naturalization
- Adjustment of status (green cards)
- Green card replacement or renewal
- Family-based petitions
- Consular processing
- Petition to remove conditions
- Fiancé visa
- DACA renewal
- Travel documents
- Employment authorization
- Mock interview
- Resource and referral
- Community outreach and education
Catholic Immigration Legal Services is a Department of Justice (DOJ) recognized program that assists in assuring high-quality legal representation. Catholic Immigration Legal Services’ office includes an immigration staff attorney and DOJ accredited representatives. The staff of a DOJ-recognized agency must have a certain level of experience in, and knowledge of, immigration law to be accredited by the Department of Justice to provide immigration legal services. DOJ accreditation also ensures that caseworkers will not be engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.
Catholic Immigration Legal Services’ main office is located at 100-23rd Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144. The Mount Vernon Family Immigration Services’ office is located at 300 South First Street, Suite C, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. We do not have drop-in appointments.
If you would like to speak to someone about your immigration case in Seattle, please contact our office at (206) 328-6314. In the Mount Vernon area, please call (360) 416-7095. Click here to contact us via email.
Please note, we can only provide legal immigration services to people living in Washington State. If you live outside Washington State, click here to search for an immigration legal service provider near you.
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities
CILS is not seeking volunteers at the moment, but please check back for updates soon.
Pro-immigrant Organizations / Organizciones Pro-inmigrantes
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project / Proyecto de Los Derechos del Inmigrante del Noroeste
http://www.nwirp.org
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc
http://cliniclegal.org/resources/deferred-action-childhood-arrivals
OneAmerica
http://weareoneamerica.org/
Ministerio Hispano
http://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Ethnic/Hispano/Migraci%C3%B3n.aspx
New Citizenship Campaign and Upcoming Citizenship Workshops
https://www.seattle.gov/iandraffairs/programs/new-citizen-campaign