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FOR DETAINED INDIVIDUALS IN VT SEEKING IMMIGRATION LEGAL HELP: 

Submit this referral form to generate an email to detained@vaapvt.org, monitored by VAAP and the Center for Justice Reform Clinic

FOR NONDETAINED INDIVIDUALS in VT SEEKING IMMIGRATION LEGAL HELP:

Contact these Free Immigration Lawyers Directly

  • Vermont Asylum Assistance Project

    Focus: Detained Removal Defense.

    Technical assistance provider and pro bono coordinator pivoting from initial asylum filings to removal defense legal work—including asylum, withholding, CAT, cancellation of removal, and other relief—and education. Request VAAP’s legal help for non-detained cases by calling 1-800-889-2047.

    No walk-ins. By appointment only.

  • Center for Justice Reform Clinic

    Focus: Detained Removal Defense.

    Teaching clinic staffed by law students providing detained and nondetained removal defense—including asylum, withholding, CAT, cancellation of removal, and other relief—as well as criminal-immigration consultations. Request CJRC’s legal help for non-detained cases by calling 1-800-889-2047.

    No walk-ins. By appointment only.

  • Association of Africans Living in VT

    Focus: Affirmative Immigration Applications.

    Community-based organization with on-site legal team offering “affirmative” immigration application assistance including family petitions, work permits, green cards, asylum applications, naturalization, and other forms of humantiarian relief. Request AALV’s legal help by calling 802-985-3106 or visiting aalv-vt.org/.

    Walk-ins welcome at 20 Allen St 3rd Fl, Burlington.

  • Vermont Afghan Alliance

    Focus: Afghan Asylum and Green Cards

    Community-based organization with on-site legal team offering immigration legal assistance to Afghan Nationals living in Vermont. Request VAA’s legal help by calling 802-999-7182 or visiting vtafghanalliance.org/.

    Walk-ins welcome at 60 Main St, Burlington.

  • WISE Upper Valley

    Focus: Immigration Relief for Survivors

    Upper Valley gender-based violence service provider with an on-site legal team offering “affirmative” immigration application assistance including visas for survivors of trafficking and or violent crimes, Violence Against Women Act self-petitioners, asylum, and more. Request WISE’s legal help by contacting 603-448-5922 or visiting https://wiseuv.org/i-need-help/

    Walk-ins welcome at 38 Bank St., Lebanon NH.

  • Committee for Refugees & Immigrants

    Focus: Refugee Green Cards, Citizenship

    Vermont field office of national refugee resettlment organization with on-site legal team offering asylum help for Afghan nationals and family reunification, green card, and citizenship applications for refugees. Request USCRI’s legal help by calling 802-654-1704 or visiting https://refugees.org/uscri-vermont/.

    Walk-ins welcome at 462 Hegeman Ave, Colchester.

  • Canada-U.S. Border Rights Clinic

    Focus: Canada-U.S. border crossing

    Looking for guidance about asylum seeking in Canada versus the U.S.?

    https://canadaborderclinic.org/

  • Immigrant Advocates Network

    Focus: National Directory

    Looking for free help in a state besides Vermont?

    https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/legaldirectory/

IF THE FREE LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS ARE UNABLE TO ASSIST:

Private Immigration Lawyers Serving Vermont

For Nonimmigration Legal Issues:

Other Free Lawyers Serving Vermont

  • Legal Services VT & Vermont Legal Aid

    Focus: Civil Legal Services (Housing, Benefits, Healthcare)

    https://vtlawhelp.org/

    T: 1-800-889-2047

  • South Royalton Legal Clinic at VLGS

    Focus: Civil Legal Services for Orange and Windsor Counties

    https://www.vermontlaw.edu

    T: 802-831-1000

  • Vermont Network to End Domestic Violence

    Focus: Civil Legal Services for Survivors of Gender Violence

    https://www.vtnetwork.org/

    T: 802-223-1302

  • Have Justice Will Travel

    Focus: Family, Civil Legal Services for Southern Vermont

    havejusticewilltravel.org

    T: 802-447-8500

  • Disability Rights VT

    Focus: Civil Rights in Institutional Mental Health Treatment

    https://disabilityrightsvt.org/

    T: 802-229-1355

  • VT Public Defender

    Focus: Criminal Defense and Immigration Consequences

    https://defgen.vermont.gov/

    T: 802-828-3168

  • Federal Public Defender

    Focus: Criminal Defense and Immigration Consequences

    https://vt.fd.org/

    T: 802-862-6990

  • American Civil Liberties Union Vermont

    Focus: Plaintiff-Side Civil Rights Litigation in Federal, State Courts

    https://www.acluvt.org/

    T: 802-223-6304