Puerta Abierta at Oakland Baptist Church
Puerta Abierta/Open Door is an immigrant legal ministry of Oakland Baptist Church in Rock Hill, South Carolina. We specialize in offering quality, low-cost immigration legal counsel to the immigrant population of Rock Hill and the surrounding areas of North and South Carolina. We can also assist your civic or religious organization in offering educational opportunities to both the immigrant community and your organization. We offer Know Your Rights workshops, immigration simulations, and faith-based understandings of the immigration debate.
| Counties served: |
Cherokee, Lancaster, Union, York |
Services Provided
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Non-legal services: |
Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL |
| Populations served: |
Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: |
English, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
No |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Blake Hart
(803) 386-9442
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