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The International Welcome Center

  • Location:
    5781 Manchester Rd
    New Franklin, OH 44319
  • Phone:
    330-227-1706
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The International Welcome Center exists to empower the foreign-born in the greater Akron area in their pursuit of happiness. As representatives of Christ, we partner with them to legally navigate the immigration system and integrate into the community through the power of love, service, and friendship.

State served: Ohio

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, 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), Federal court appeals
Non-legal services: ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Language services, Referrals to other services
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Whitey Price
(234) 229-9267
Other Information Life in America can be complicated even if a person is born here! Using the power of friendship, the International Welcome Center (IWC) Life Skills program coordinates informal mentoring opportunities between volunteers and clients to assist the foreign b
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