Please note that this directory does not include ALL legal aid. To look for more, you may search in an search engine (Google, Edge, and more) with "free legal aid + [your city/state]" or look into the National Immigration Legal Services Directory, country-wide nonprofit directory to find low-cost immigration legal help.(https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/legaldirectory/) 

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Access California Services (Anaheim)
Offers assistance with adjustment of status, asylum, DACA, employment authorization, family petitions, citizenship, TPS, U & VAWA visas.
(https://www.accesscal.org/)
 

Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco)
Helps with removal hearings, asylum applications, habeas corpus, and more. Focuses on APIDA communities.
(https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/)
 

Ahri for Justice (Los Angeles)
Provides assistance for adjustment of status, DACA, employment authorization, family-based petitions, naturalization, TPS, T, U, and VAWA cases.
(https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/legaldirectory/)
 

Alliance for African Assistance (San Diego)
Offers help with employment authorization forms and filings.
(https://www.alliance-for-africa.org/programs-and-services)
 

Arab Resource and Organizing Center (San Francisco)
Helps with adjustment of status, asylum, family petitions, naturalization, removal hearings, and TPS.
(https://www.araborganizing.org/)
 

AIDS Legal Referral Panel – Immigrant HIV Pro Bono (San Francisco)
Covers adjustment of status, asylum, employment authorization, family petitions, naturalization, U visas, VAWA, and asylum interview representation.
(https://www.alrp.org/)
 

Aiming Higher (Vista)
Assists with adjustment of status, asylum, DACA, family context options, naturalization, T, TPS, U, and VAWA.
(https://aiminghigherimmigration.org/)
 

Asian Americans Advancing Justice–LA
Offers assistance across a wide array of immigration needs—from asylum to citizenship.
(https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/legal-referral-service)

 

Asian Law Alliance (San Jose)
Provides legal assistance with adjustment, DACA, employment authorization, family petitions, naturalization, T, U, VAWA.
(https://asianlawalliance.org/)
 

Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (Oakland/SF)
Supports refugees with asylum, adjustment of status, citizenship, and specialized visas (T, U, SIJS, VAWA).
(https://www.apilegaloutreach.org/programs/immigration-rights-projects/)
 

Bay Area Legal Aid (various locations)
Helps with adjustment, SIJS, T, U, VAWA cases. Offices in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, Napa, Richmond.
(https://baylegal.org/)
 

Bet Tzedek Legal Services (Los Angeles)
Assists with a broad spectrum: asylum, adjustment, naturalization, removal defense, T, U, SIJS, VAWA and more.
(https://bettzedek.org/)
 

California Rural Legal Assistance (multiple rural offices)
Offers free legal services for low-income and immigrant communities across many rural counties.
(https://crla.org/locations)
 

Catholic Charities (multiple counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, San Bernardino)
Provides refugee immigration services and legal help.
(https://catholiccharitiesca.org/our-programs/immigration-programs/daca-legal-services/)
 

Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (Los Angeles)
Focuses on policy advocacy, rights of detained immigrants, unaccompanied minors, and community education.
(https://www.centerforhumanrights.org/advocacy)
 

El Rescate (Los Angeles)
Offers free asylum, TPS, DACA, VAWA, and citizenship legal services to Central American refugees.
(https://www.elrescate.org/)
 

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (Long Beach)
Offers services for refugees including asylum, adjustment, DACA, naturalization, SIJS, T, U, VAWA, and removal hearings.
(https://lafla.org/)
 

Public Counsel (Los Angeles)
Largest pro bono legal services provider; includes immigrants’ rights in their portfolio.
(https://publiccounsel.org/)
 

LawHelpCA
A statewide resource to find free or low-cost immigration legal help and protect against fraud.
(https://www.lawhelpca.org/)
 

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