Global Empowerment Services Inc. (GEMS)
GEMS is a small, but enthusiastic non-profit organization that now offers low and/or no cost immigration legal assistance in Central Massachusetts (Worcester County). Our organization and our sole DOJ Accredited Rep, Alan M. Kick are partially accredited to provide immigration legal services of all sorts, but we specialize in humanitarian law cases, including Asylum, Human Trafficking (T-Visas) and victims of crime (U-Visas). We are able to meet with clients in both our Worcester, MA and Fitchburg, MA locations on a by-appointment-only basis.
| Counties served: |
Worcester |
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, 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) |
| Other areas of legal assistance: |
Criminal Appeals, Education |
| Non-legal services: |
ESL, Language services, Referrals to other services |
| Populations served: |
Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: |
Arabic, English, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
No |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
