Naturalization/Citizenship

Legal Resources

• Citizenship Resource Center

  Official U.S. government website with questions and answers about the citizenship process. Includes links to forms and local low-cost immigration legal services providers. Content Detail

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  Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS)

• Citizenship through Naturalization

  Official US government website with questions and answers about the naturalization process. Includes links to forms and local low-cost immigration legal services providers. Content Detail

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  Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS)

• Immigration Forms

  Download the latest versions of immigrations forms (with instructions) from the official U.S. government website for free. Note that the application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal is form I-589. Content Detail

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  Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS)

• Immigration Lawyer Referral Service

  Call 1 (800) 954-0254 or you may send an email to ilrs@aila.org to receive information on immigration lawyers within your particular area. All participants of the ILRS are licensed to practice law in a state or territory of the United States and are currently a member in good standing of a State Bar Association. Content Detail

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  American Immigration Law Foundation

• Attorney General Abbott Targets Fraudulent "Notarios" and Others who Scam Immigrants

  Read about an ongoing scam targeting Hispanic immigrants throughout Texas perpetrated by con artists posing as licensed attorneys or other legal experts ("notaries" pretending to be attorneys). Also provides contacts for Texans who believe they may have been victimized by one of these so-called ?notarios.? Content Detail

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  Texas Attorney General

• BCIS Case Status Service Online

  Find out the status of a case by entering enter any BCIS (formerly INS) receipt number (from the official Bureau of Immigration and Citizenship Services ["BCIS"] website). This is only for applications filed with the BCIS for which a receipt letter (Form I797) was issued. Content Detail

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  Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS)

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• Beware of Dishonest Immigration Consultants

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  National Consumer Law Center

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  Spanish / Español

  Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

• How Can An Immigration Lawyer Help You?

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  American Immigration Council

• DREAMersRights.org

  An online legal resource to help youth determine if they are eligible for deferred action Content Detail

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  Texas RioGrande Legal Aid - Austin

• National Immigration Legal Services Directory

  The National Immigration Legal Services Directory is a new interactive online directory of over 900 nonprofit immigration legal services providers in all 50 states. The National Immigration Legal Services Directory was designed to help make legal referrals as simple and straightforward as possible. There are three ways for users to find programs: state, county, or detention facility. Once a user has selected one of these options, they can further refine their search by areas of legal and non-legal assistance, types of services provided, populations served, and languages spoken. Users also have the ability to view search results on an interactive map, generate a custom PDF, email or print-friendly page of search results, and send an email with a link to a specific organization. Content Detail

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  Immigration Advocates Network

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

  Official for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency that oversees immigration to the United States. Content Detail

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  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services