ImmigrationLawHelp.org | Helping low-income immigrants find legal help

Center for Legal Immigration Assistance (CLIA)

  • Location:
    3047 N 70th Street
    Lincoln, NE 68507
  • Phone:
    (402) 471-1777
  • Fax:
    (402) 471-0530
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

CLIA's mission is to open doors of equal opportunity by providing quality, affordable immigration-related legal services to immigrants and refugees in Nebraska. To date, CLIA has served more than 7,000 immigrants and refugees in Nebraska, assisting them with the required legal work to be able to comply with the complex federal immigration laws. It continues to be a community-based and community-supported organization.

State served: Nebraska

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, 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, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, 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
Other information: CLIA Fees can be waived if someone is 100-125% of the poverty line.

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Mary Choate
(402) 471-1777
Back to top