Church World Service (Houston Office)
The CWS Houston office is dedicated to collaborative and sustainable, trauma-responsive programming which supports immigrants, asylum seekers, unaccompanied children and other new arrival, mixed migration populations. At CWS Houston, we welcome people from around the globe into lives of freedom, hope, and opportunity through direct services, advocacy, leadership development and relationship building in our community.
| Counties served: |
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? |
Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, 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) |
| Non-legal services: |
Employment services, Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services |
| Populations served: |
Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: |
Dari, English, Farsi, Pashto, Persian, Spanish, Urdu |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
No |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
