SOAR Immigration Legal Services

Program Overview

SOAR Immigration Legal Services provides culturally competent, immigration-related legal representation and education to low income refugees and immigrants in and around the Portland metro area. Recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) as an authorized provider of immigration legal services, SOAR's attorney-driven legal program has a staff of three attorneys, one BIA accredited representative, one paralegal, and two legal assistants. Our education program is powered by two staff educators and a dedicated team of qualified volunteer educators.

Last year, SOAR Immigration Legal Services provided legal services, legal consultations, and educational services in our citizenship class program to more than 2,000 people. Citizenship classes are designed to prepare learners for the U.S. naturalization interview and exam which includes an assessment of English reading, writing, speaking, U.S. history, and civics. Our caseload includes naturalization, adjustment of status, family reunification, temporary protected status, parole renewal, humanitarian parole, employment authorization, asylum counseling, refugee travel documents and Cuban removal defense.

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