Catholic Charities Community Services - Department of Immigration Services

The Immigrant and Refugee Services Division of Catholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of New York (CCCS) provides free immigration legal services to immigrants throughout New York City and seven counties of the Lower Hudson Valley (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan). Through a variety of programs designed to meet community needs, CCCS assists long-term residents of New York State as well as those who newly arrived. We serve documented and undocumented immigrants of all ages, including individual adults, families, and unaccompanied children. Services are provided to people of all countries, languages, and religious beliefs.

The Division provides consultations, pro se case assistance, legal information sessions, referrals, and legal representation to documented and undocumented immigrants. We help with humanitarian cases such as asylum, U and T visas for crime and trafficking survivors, SIJSs, VAWA petitions, removal defense, TPS, DACA, green cards, naturalization, and work authorization. We also help people avoid fraud by unscrupulous actors.

Our principal offices are in lower Manhattan and the south Bronx.

How to Get Help

• For more information about our legal services or to schedule a legal consultation, please call:
  • (212) 419-3700 (NYC)
  • (845) 288-2662 (Hudson Valley)
• To learn more about our community presentations and engagement, please email: communityengagement@cccsny.org

CCCS also operates two immigration hotlines, including:

• The New Americans Hotline - a statewide hotline in partnership with the NYS Office of New Americans, gives general information and referrals. The Hotline operates from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, and can be accessed at (212) 419-3737 or (800) 566-7636. Hotline operators are multilingual, and can answer calls in up to 200 languages using telephonic interpreters. Legal advice is not given, but hotline operators can provide up to referrals for legal and other services located near the zip code of the caller. Hotline counselors also can assist callers who have been defrauded by unscrupulous practitioners, and help to file complaints with law enforcement agencies.
   
• The MOIA Immigration Legal Information Hotline - a citywide hotline that provides NYC-based referrals and general information in response to immigration-related questions. The Hotline operates from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and can be accessed at 1 (800) 354-0365. Operators are multilingual and have access to interpreter services for other languages.