Immigration Legal Services

Immigration attorneys and legal assistants are providing legal services to clients remotely.  Legal staff are responding to all calls, voicemail and email messages . Please call the same number as you normally do to speak with legal staff.  Due to social distancing recommendations, all community trainings and presentations are temporarily on-hold.                                                    

 Please see CORONAVIRUS AND EFFECTS ON IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS (updated as of 03/18/2020) page for more information. 

For these updates in Spanish, please click here.

  For these updates in French, please click here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please
contact us at 319-364-7121.

Catholic Charities’ immigration attorneys provide affordable legal services to help reunite families by assisting them in navigating the immigration system and advocating on their behalf.

Catholic Charities assists with paperwork for green card and citizenship applications, family and visitor visas, deferred action for childhood arrivals, temporary protected status, violence against women act, and other family-based immigration legal services.

Catholic Charities’ Immigration Attorneys provide FREE legal consultations.

Immigration Legal Services are available in Cedar Rapids,  Dubuque and Waterloo. Consultation with community partners and parishes are available throughout the Archdiocese.

Click here for Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about Immigration Legal Services

Click here for Keeping Families Together Newsletter

For immigration legal assistance or to learn more, contact one of our Immigration Attorneys:

• Yer Vang, Director of Immigration Legal Services (Cedar Rapids) y.vang@dbqarch.org, 319-364-7121

• Ry Meyer, Immigration Attorney – (Dubuque) ry.meyer@dbqarch.org, 563-588-0558

• Miryam Antúnez De Mayolo, Immigration Attorney – (Waterloo) m.antunez@dbqarch.org, 319-272-2080

Click here for Catholic Social Teaching Video on Immigration Legal Services​​​​​

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