Legal and Community Resources

The following agencies may be able to assist with immigration questions:

Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee

• 1936 Mabel Court
  Chaska, MN 55318
  Washington DC Office: (202) 244-2990
• A civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage

Catholic Charities

• 215 Old Sixth Street
  St. Paul, MN 55102
• Provides legal assistance on a variety of immigration matters.

Center for Victims of Torture

• 717 East River Road
  Minneapolis, MN 55455
  (612) 436-4800
• The mission of CVT is to heal the wounds of government inflicted torture on individuals, their families, and their communities and to prevent occurrences.

Centro Legal, Inc.

• 2610 University Ave W #450
  St. Paul, MN 55114-1024
  (651)642-1890
• Provides free or sliding fee legal representation for eligible low-income Spanish speakers.

Civil Society

• 332 Minnesota St. E-1436
  St. Paul, MN 55101
  (651) 291-8810
• Provides free legal services to immigrant victims of all kinds of crime, including identity theft, fraud, and domestic abuse.
• See website www.civsociety.org

Hennepin County Immigration Project of the Legal Aid Society

• 430 1st Ave N, Suite 300
  Minneapolis, MN 55401
  (612) 334-5970
• Provides immigration assistance to persons of low-income living in Hennepin County. Primarily assists refugees and asylees in adjustment of status, family reunification petitions, and work authorization petitions.

Hennepin County Office of Multi-Cultural Services

• 330 South 12th Street (Century Plaza Building), Suite 3700
  Minneapolis, MN 55404
  (612) 348-2293
• One full-time advocate offers free legal services on immigration-related matters such as refugee and refugee resettlement status, as well as adjustment of status and family reunification matters. Interpreters provided.

The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (Officina Legal)

• 179 E Robie Street
  St. Paul, MN 55107
  (651) 291-0110
• Offers legal services on immigration related matters to individuals of any nationality and primarily represents individuals who live in Ramsey County and Southern Minnesota.

International Institute

• 1694 Como Avenue
  St. Paul, MN 55108
  (651) 647-0191
• Offers legal services on immigration-related matters such as citizenship, refugee and refugee resettlement status.

Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis

• Downtown
  300 Kickernick Building
  430 1st Ave N
  Minneapolis, MN 55410
  (612) 332-1441
• Southside
  2929 Fourth Ave S
  Minneapolis, MN 55408
  (612)827-3774
• Northside
  2507 Fremont Ave N
  Minneapolis, MN 55411
  (612) 588-2099
• All 3 locations provide free civil law legal help to eligible low-income, elderly or disabled persons.

Legal Assistance for Minnesota Prisoners

• 95 Law Center
  University of Minnesota
  Minneapolis, MN 55455
  (612) 625-6336
• Offers legal assistance to immigrants serving a Minnesota sentence in the state of Minnesota.

Lutheran Social Service

• Refugee Services
  2414 Park Ave
  Minneapolis, MN 55108
  (612) 879-5268
• Offers legal services on immigration-related matters such as refugee and refugee resettlement status, as well as adjustment of status and family reunification matters.

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Refugee and Asylum Project

• 310 Fourth Ave S #1000
  Minneapolis, MN 55415
  (612) 341-9845
• Represents individuals who are seeking asylum in this country due to a well-founded fear of persecution in their country of origin.

Minnesota Council of Churches

• Refugee Services
  122 W Franklin Ave, Ste 100
  Minneapolis, MN 55404
  (612) 874-8605
• Offers legal services on immigration-related matters such as refugee and refugee resettlement status, as well as adjustment of status and family reunification matters.

Minnesota Public Defenders

• Administrative Services Office Suite 900, Tri Tech Center
  331 Second Ave S
  Minneapolis, MN 55101
  (612) 349-2565
• Provides criminal and juvenile legal defense services to indigent clients through a public defender system.

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc,

• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  United Cambodian Association of Minnesota, Inc. (UCAM)
  529 Jackson Street, Ste 221
  St. Paul, MN 55101
  (651) 222-3299
• Provides legal services to Cambodians and the greater immigrant population of Minnesota.

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc.

• Migrant Legal Services
  700 Minnesota Building
  St. Paul, MN 55101
  (651) 291-2837
• Provides free legal services to eligible migrant farm workers who meet Legal Services corporation standards.

Volunteer Lawyer Network/Park Methodist Walk-In Clinic

• Park Avenue United Methodist Church
  3400 Park Ave S
  Minneapolis, MN 55404
  (612) 825-6863
• Provides brief consultations and referrals where appropriate to low-income persons living in Hennepin county who have immigration questions. The clinic is open only on Thursday afternoons from 3-5pm. Clients are served on a first-come, first-served basis, with no appointments necessary.

World Relief

• 1515 East 66th Street
  Richfield, MN 55423
  (612) 798-4332
• Offers legal services on immigration-related matters such as refugee and refugee resettlement status, as well as adjustment of status and family reunification matters.