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Submit this form to generate an email to detained@vaapvt.org, monitored by VAAP and the Center for Justice Reform Clinic, and we will respond during business hours.
REQUEST GENERAL IMMIGRATION LEGAL HELP
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Canada-U.S. Border Rights Clinic
Focus: Canada-U.S. border crossing
Looking for guidance about asylum seeking in Canada versus the U.S.?
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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.
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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.
REFERRALS TO PRIVATE IMMIGRATION LAWYERS
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Vermont Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
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Anne Cecile Khouri Raphael (Canada)
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Antonino Manglaviti (Canada)
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Araujo & Fisher
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Bade Law Group
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Dinse
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Dodge Law, P.C.
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Geller Benjamin, LLP
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Green & Spiegel
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Jacqueline Bonisteel (Canada)
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Jared Will (CANADA)
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Law Offices of Jason Giannetti
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Law Office of Sidney Collier, PLC
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Mansfield Law, LLC
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McHaffey & Nice
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Mitch Goldberg (Canada)
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Montroll, Oettinger, & Barquist
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Peryeva Immigration
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Precoma Law LLC
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Von Trapp Law PLLC
OTHER FREE LEGAL SERVICES IN VERMONT
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Legal Services VT & Vermont Legal Aid
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South Royalton Legal Clinic at VLGS
Focus: Civil Legal Services for Orange and Windsor Counties
T: 802-831-1000
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Vermont Network to End Domestic Violence
Focus: Civil Legal Services for Survivors of Gender Violence
T: 802-223-1302
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Have Justice Will Travel
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Disability Rights VT
Focus: Civil Rights in Institutional Mental Health Treatment
https://disabilityrightsvt.org/
T: 802-229-1355
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VT Public Defender