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MetroWest Legal Services

  • Location:
    63 Fountain St
    Suite 304
    Framingham, MA 01702
  • Phone:
    (508) 620-1830
  • Toll-free:
    1-800-696-1501
  • TTY:
    (508) 620-1830
  • Fax:
    (508) 620-2323
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

MetroWest Legal Services represents both documented and undocumented battered immigrants by helping them obtain or maintain legal immigration status in the United States.

Counties served: Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, 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
Other areas of legal assistance: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Homeless, Housing, Public Benefits
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Our immigration services are generally available only to victims of domestic violence. We do have an AmeriCorps attorney who focuses on unaccompanied minors. His program has certain restrictions.