Legal Services

Our multilingual team assists low-income immigrants in obtaining lawful status, becoming citizens, and defending against deportation. We also seek to empower immigrants through free immigration legal workshops and community education programs.

We provide direct representation before the Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and other immigration agencies. Our services include: Naturalization and citizenship; Applications for and related to Lawful Permanent Residence; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Renewals; Removal defense for detained and non-detained individuals; Requesting release from immigration detention through bond, parole, or other advocacy; Humanitarian protections such as Asylum, VAWA, U-Visas, and T-Visas.

Fees for our legal services are assessed on a sliding scale based on household income. We screen all clients to determine eligibility for fee waivers. Certain humanitarian forms of relief and removal defense are free of charge.

Advancing Justice-Atlanta provides resources for community members to better understand their legal rights related to immigration and law enforcement. In collaboration with community-based organizations, we provide free Know Your Rights presentations in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish.

In partnership with local community-based organizations, Advancing Justice-Atlanta hosts free citizenship application workshops throughout the year. Our staff and volunteers evaluate eligibility for citizenship and provide application assistance. In 2025, Advancing Justice-Atlanta along with community partners, launched a court watch program where legal staff and trained volunteers observe non-detained master calendar hearings at the Atlanta Immigration Court.