These organizations provide free or low-cost immigration services. Even if you have an idea of the goal you would like to achieve– such as getting DACA, determining if you or a family member are eligible for a green card, applying for a visa, becoming a citizen, or just making sure of your rights– an immigration lawyer will explore all options and risks with you, and explain what courses of action you can take.
If the organization you contact cannot help you, they will put you in touch with an organization that can. However, if you can’t get a hold of one resource on this list, continue trying to get in touch with others. They are all dedicated to helping the immigrant community in Chicago.
Right now, because of COVID-19, many offices may be closed, so be prepared to “meet” with a lawyer online over video chat and follow further instructions from each organization (depending on their regulations).
Services Available in the Chicago Area
The Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment can help with some immigration and citizenship services.
Phone:(773) 580-1025
Hours: Monday – Thursday 10AM – 6PM
Email: contact@afirechicago.org
Location: 4300 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Services available in Tagalog. Services are free or low-cost.
Catholic Charities can help with DACA, petitions for family members, green cards, citizenship, petitions for victims of crimes and domestic violence, and more.
Phone: (312) 427-7078 (Chicago) | (708)329-4031 (Cicero) | (847) 782-4225 (Waukegan)
Hours of operation: 2PM to 4PM
Locations:
Catholic Charities Legal Assistance (CCLA)
721 N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60654
– Provide services for those who do not have a lawyer to represent them
Immigration and Naturalization Services
205 W. Monroe,
Chicago, IL 60606
-Provide assistance with visas, family reunification applications, work permits and more.
Services available in Spanish. Located downtown, with additional locations in Cicero, Des Plaines, Melrose Park, and Waukegan. Services are free or low-cost.
The Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Immigration Clinic can help with many immigration legal services.
Phone: (312) 678-7174 | (312) 906-5366
Email: vcarmona@kentlaw.iit.edu
Location: 565 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661.
Services available in Spanish. Consultations are $60; representation offered at a below-market flat-rate fee.
The Children’s Legal Center can help with immigration legal services for children seeking asylum, facing removal, and other forms of immigration legal services.
Phone: (312) 722-6642 (English) | (312) 722-6648 (Spanish)
Location: 833 W Chicago Ave, Suite 320, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Services available in Spanish. Services are free.
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS) can help with a variety of immigration issues.
Phone: (312) 332-1624 (can make appointments through phone)
Hours of operation: Monday – Thursday 9AM to 5PM and Fridays 9AM to 4PM
Location: 33 N Dearborn Street, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60602
You can appply for their legeal services online here.
They also have an immigration hotline: (312) 332-8816.
(CVLS operates many legal clinics across the city, but they may not be currently active due to COVID-19).
Services available in Spanish. Services are free.
Chinese American Service League
CASL can help with various immigration legal services.
Phone: (888) 764-6125 | (312) 791-0418
Location: 2141 S. Tan Court, Chicago, IL 60616
Apply for assistance online here.
Services available in Mandarin and Cantonese. Located on the South Side. Services are free or low-cost.
Chinese Mutual Aid Association
The CMAA can help with citizenship, adjustment of status, family-based petitions, and more.
Phone: (773) 784-2900 (Chicago) | (847) 289-1138 (Elgin)
Email: lillid@chinesemutualaid.org
Locations:
Chicago
1016 W. Argyle Street
Chicago, IL 60640
Email: info@chinesemutualaid.org
Elgin
164 Division St. #305
Elgin, IL 60120
Email: cmaaelgin@chinesemutualaid.org
Services available in many languages. Services are low-cost.
Erie House can help with many immigration services, including DACA, citizenship, green cards, family petitions, asylum, removal proceedings, visas and petitions for survivors of domestic violence and assaults, and more.
Phone: (773) 231-7884
Email: eriehouseimmigration@gmail.com
Request immigration services by filling out this form
Locations:
Erie Neighborhood House
1347 W Erie St
Chicago, IL 60642
(312) 666-3430
Erie Community Center and Administrative Offices
1701 W Superior St
Chicago, IL 60622
(312) 563-5800
Erie House Little Village
4425 W 25th St
Chicago, IL 60623
(773) 542-7617
Jose De Diego Community Academy (After School)
1313 N Claremont Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(312) 975-2637
Logan Square Neighborhood Association (Legal Services)
2840 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60618
(312) 384-4370
Services available in Spanish. Services are free or low-cost ($30 or $50 initial consultations).
Enlace’s legal clinic can help with a variety of immigration issues, including family petitions, citizenship, deportation defense, and visas for survivors of crimes.
Phone: (773) 943-7570 | (773) 893-0798
Email: rchavez@enlacechicago.org or info@enlacechicago.org
Location: 2759 S Harding Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60623 (Little Village)
Request immigration services by filling out this form
Services available in Spanish. Services are free.
The Frida Community Organization can help with DACA, visas, citizenship, residency, and more.
Phone: (312) 421-7599.
Email: info@fridacommunity.org
Location: 5133 S. Kedzie Ave 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60632
Services available in Spanish. Services are free or low cost.
The Greater Chicago Legal Clinic can help with a variety of different immigration legal services
Phone: (312) 726-2938 (24-hour intake line)
Location: 211 W Wacker Drive, Suite 750, Chicago, IL 60606
Apply for services online here.
Services available in Spanish. Services are free or low-cost.
The HANA Center can help with DACA, citizenship, green cards, asylum, removal defense, U-visas, T-visas, and more.
Phone: (773) 583-5501
Locations:
Chicago
4300 N California Ave
Chicago, IL 60618
Prospect Heights | (847) 520-1999
664 N Milwaukee Ave, Suite 213
Prospect Heights, IL 60070
Fill out a screening form here and someone from the Center will contact you within 48 hours.
The HANA Center runs free legal clinics (currently online due to COVID-19); complete an intake form here.
Services available in Korean and Spanish. Services are free or low-cost.
Hanul Family Alliance can help with citizenship and other immigration petitions.
Phone: (847) 439-5195
Email: ehan4@hanulusa.org
Location, Phones and Hours:
Services available in Korean.
El Instituto del Progreso Latino can help with DACA, citizenship, family-based petitions, asylum, visas for survivors of domestic violence, green cards, and more.
Phone: (773) 890-0055 ext. 4515
Email: info@idpl.org
Location: 2520 S. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608
Services available in Spanish. Services are free or low-cost.
Irish Community Services can help with a variety of immigration issues through its online legal clinics.
Phone: (773) 282-8445 | (888) 353-2447
Hours: 8AM – 4PM
Email: info@irishchicago.org
Location: 4626 N. Knox Ave, Suite #301, Chicago, IL 60630
Clinics are remote (telephone or Zoom). Services are free.
JCFS can help with DACA, citizenship, family-based petitions, green cards, and more.
Phone: (312) 347-4666 | (855) 275-5237
Email: ask@JCFS.org
Locations:
Central Office |Office phone: (312) 357-4800|
216 W. Jackson Blvd
Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60606
Abe and Ida Cooper Center |Office phone: (773) 765-3100|
6639 N. Kedzie
Chicago, IL 60645
Joy Faith Knapp Children’s Center |Office phone: (773) 467-3700 or (773) 467-3900|
3145 W. Pratt Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60645
Response for Teens |Office phone: (847) 676-0078|
3033 W. Touhy Ave.
Chicago, IL 60645
Elaine Kersten Children’s Center |Office phone: (847) 412-4350|
255 Revere Dr.
Suite 200
Northbrook, IL 60062
United States
Goldie Bachmann Luftig Building |Office phone: (847) 745-5400|
5150 W. Golf Rd.
Skokie, IL 60077
Buffalo Grove |Office phone: (847) 392-8820|
135 N Arlington Heights Road
Suite 104
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Services available in Russian and Spanish. Locations downtown, on the North Side, and in Northbrook, Skokie, and Buffalo Grove.
Latinos Progresando can help with a variety of immigration services, including free petitions for survivors of domestic violence and assault.
Phone: (773) 542-7077 ext. 10
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Location: 3047 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60623
Request immigration services online here.
Services available in Spanish. Services may be free or low-cost.
Legal Aid Chicago (formerly called LAF) can help with getting visas for victims of crimes, domestic violence, and victims of human trafficking.
Phone: (312) 341-1070
Apply online here for legal services.
(Legal Aid Chicago operates several legal clinics across the city, but they are currently suspended due to COVID-19.)
Staff speaks several languages, including Spanish. Services are free.
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
The LSNA can help with DACA, citizenship, green cards, and other immigration services.
Phone: (773) 384-4370 | (216) 260-6429
Hours: 9AM to 5PM
Email: vrobles@eriehouse.org
Location: 2840 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Request immigration services here.
Services available in Spanish.Services are low-cost ($50 for DACA, citizenship, and green cards).
Life Span can help with visas for victims of domestic violence and other crimes.
Phone: (312) 408-1210 (Chicago area) | (847) 824-0382 (Des Plaines)
Email: life-span@life-span.org
Locations:
Chicago downtown area
70 E. Lake Street Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60601
Des Plaines
701 Lee Street #700
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Services available in Spanish, Polish, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Korean, and Russian, as well as in other languages through language line interpretation. Located downtown and in Des Plaines. Services are free.
Mil Mujeres can help with immigration legal services for survivors of violent, especially gender-related, crimes, but can potentially provide other immigration legal services as well, including DACA.
Phone: (312) 219-2031
Email: questions@milmujeres.org
Location: 222 South Morgan Street, Suite 3B, Chicago, IL, 60607
Services available in Spanish. Services are free or low-cost.
The Middle Eastern Immigrant and Refugee Alliance can help with green cards and citizenship.
Phone: (773) 409-4597
Email: info@mirachicago.org.
Location: 6420 N California Ave, Upper 1, Chicago, IL 60645
You can request immigration services by filling out this form
Services available in several languages. Services are free.
National Immigrant Justice Center
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) can help with DACA, petitions for family members, green cards, citizenship, visas for victims of crimes, family violence, or human trafficking, deportation proceedings, immigration court, asylum, and more.
Phone: (312) 660-1370 (can request appointment through phone or email)
Hours of operation: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday to request an appointment
Email: immigrantlegaldefense@heartlandalliance.org
Location: 224 S Michigan Ave Ste 600, Chicago, IL 60604 (downtown Chicago)
See their website here for more information on their services.
Staff speaks several languages, including Spanish. Services are free.
Northern Illinois Justice for Our Neighbors
Justice For Our Neighbors is a Methodist organization that can help with many immigration legal services, including DACA, family-based petitions, visas for survivors of crimes and domestic violence, asylum, removal defense, and more.
Phone: (773) 609-4401
Apply for an appointment online here.
Services available in Spanish. Located downtown, as well as Aurora, Rockford, Buffalo Grove, and Crystal Lake. Services are free.
The PAA can help with citizenship, family-based petitions, student visas, translations, and other immigration services.
Phone: (773) 282-8206 ext. 342 or (773) 427-6342.
Locations:
Main Office | (773) 282-8206
3834 N Cicero Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
Learning Center | (773) 282-1122
3819 N Cicero Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
Southside Office | (773) 767-7773
6276 S Archer Ave.
Chicago, IL 60638
Services available in Polish. . Consultation fees: $20/15 minutes, $30/30 minutes, $60/60 minutes.
RefugeeOne can help with asylum, Temporary Protected Status, and other types immigration assistance.
Phone: (773) 989-5647
Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 8:30AM to 4:30AM
Email: info@refugeeone.org
Location: 5705 N Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659
Services available in many languages. Located on the North Side. Services are low-cost (sliding scale).
The Indo-American Center can help with citizenship and some family-based petitions.
Phone: (773) 973-4444 ext. 103
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10AM to 5PM
Email: ameah@indoamerican.org
Location: 6328 N. California Ave Chicago, IL 60659
Services are free or low-cost.
The Resurrection Project can help with DACA, citizenship, family-based petitions, green cards, removal defense, asylum, visas for victims of domestic violence, and more.
Phone: (312) 666-3062
Hours of operation: Tuesdays – Fridays 9AM to 5PM and Saturdays 9AM to 2PM
Location: 1805 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608
Make an appointment online here.
Services available in Spanish. Services are almost all free (citizenship cases $50.)
UIC John Marshall Law School International Human Rights Clinic
The John Marshall Law School Clinic can help with asylum cases.
Phone: (312) 427-2737 ext. 607 to schedule an interview.
Location:
International Human Rights Clinic
UIC John Marshall Law School
300 S. State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604
You can request information by filling out this form.
Services available in Arabic and Spanish. Located downtown. Services are free or low-cost.
The United African Organization can help with immigration services, including DACA.
Phone: (312) 949-9980
Fill out a contact form here.
Location: 4910 S. King Drive, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL. 60615
Services available in several languages. Services are free or low-cost.
Vietnamese Association of Illinois
The Vietnamese Association of Illinois’s Community Empowerment Legal Clinic can help with immigration court proceedings, asylum, deportation, family-based petitions, and more.
Phone: (773) 728-3700
Hours of operation: 9AM – 5PM
Email: thuy.mersereau@hnvi.org
Locations:
Chicago
Services available in Arabic, Vietnamese, and Spanish. Services are free or low-cost.
World Relief Chicago is a Christian-affiliated nonprofit. They can help with general consultations, green cards, family-based petitions, citizenship services, VAWA and U-visas, refugee services, and DACA.
Phones and Locations:
Chicago
3507 W. Lawrence Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60625
general: (773) 583-9191
immigration: (630) 462-7660
DuPage County
191 S. Gary Ave. Suite 130
Carol Stream, IL 60188
general: (630) 462-7566
immigration: (630) 462-7660
Aurora
73 S. LaSalle Street
Aurora, Illinois 60505
general: (630) 906-9546
immigration: (630) 906-9546
Email: chicagoland@wr.org
Services available in Spanish. Services are free.
Services Available in the Suburbs
Alliance for Immigrant Neighbors
The Alliance for Immigrant Neighbors can help with DACA, family petitions, green cards, and more.
Phone: (224) 443-0113 (call or text)
Email: info@allianceforimmigrants.org.
Locations:
Northwest Suburbs
382 S. Mount Prospect Rd. Des Plaines, IL 60016
(inside Faith Alliance Bible Church)
Southwest Suburbs
117 N. Cass Ave. Westmont, IL 60559
(inside Peace of Christ Church)
Complete an online intake form here.
Services available in Spanish. . Services are free or low-cost.
HACES: Hispanic American Community Education and Services
HACES can help with DACA, citizenship, and other immigration legal services.
Phone:(847) 244-0300
Email: info@haces.org
Location: 820 W Greenwood Ave, Waukegan, IL 60087
Fill out a contact form here.
Services available in Spanish. Services are free or low-cost.
Mano a Mano Family Resource Center
Mano a mano can help with DACA, green cards, Temporary Protected Status, citizenship, asylum, visas for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes, and more.
Phone: (847) 201-1521
Locations and Hours:
Round Lake Park
6 E. Main Street
Round Lake Park, IL 60073
Hours:
Monday – Thursday 8:30AM to 7PM
Fridays: 8:30AM to 12PM
Saturdays: 9AM to 12PM
North Chicago | (224) 538-7270
1810 Sheridan Rd. Suite #101
North Chicago, IL 60064
Hours: Monday – Friday 9AM to 5PM
Services available in Spanish. For locations in Mundelein, Highland Park, and Wauconda visit this page. Services are free or low-cost.
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic
The North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic can help with family-based petitions, visas for survivors of domestic violence or other crimes, DACA, green cards, citizenship, Temporary Protected Status, deportation defense, and more.
Phone: (847) 737-4042
Hours: Monday – Friday 9AM to 5PM
Email: info@nslegalaid.org
Apply online here for an appointment.
Services available in Spanish. Located in Highland Park. Services are free.
PASO — West Suburban Action Project
El Proyecto de Acción de los Suburbios del Oeste can help with a variety of immigration legal services.
Phone: (708) 410-2000 for an appointment.
Services available in Spanish. Located in Melrose Park. Services are low-cost.
Services Available Online
Beyond Legal Aid runs a 24-hour immigration helpline.
Phone: (872) 267-2252
The helpline is available in Spanish. Services are free.
Services Available For Free
The Justice Entrepreneurs Project can help you find an immigration lawyer who charges for their services, but their lawyers are more affordable and flexible than many others.
Call (312) 546-3282 or request a lawyer online here.
DACA Resources
These sites have information about scholarships and financial assistance for undocumented students:
DACA Resources Winter 2020 2021
This link provides the four forms that are required for DACA, as well as a checklist for first-time applicants.
Flyers, Brochures, and One-Pagers
Conozca Sus Derechos / Know Your Rights
Know what to do if ICE approaches you at work, home, or in public.
Know Your Rights: If ICE Visits Your Home
Know what to do if ICE approaches you at work, home, or in public.
Obtenga su diploma de educación secundaria / Earn your diploma (GED/HiSET) in your community
City Colleges of Chicago Adult Education program offers free classes that can help eligible participants meet the DACA education requirement.
City Colleges of Chicago Adult Education program offers free classes that can help eligible participants meet the DACA education requirement.
