Immigration Legal Services

UCIMM offers legal services in the following areas:

• Legal intakes/comprehensive consultations
• Advice
• Representation and/or referrals
• Legal support for informational and know-your-rights sessions

• DACA renewals
• Advance parole
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status ("SIJS")
• U visa
• T visa
• Relief under the Violence Against Women Act ("VAWA")
• Family-based petitions
• Adjustment of status (i.e., green card applications)
• Waivers and consular processing
• Naturalization
• Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request
• Temporary Protected Status and renewal
• Green card renewal

UCIMM does typically not provide legal services or representation for employment-based (e.g. H-1B, L-1, P visas) or student visas (e.g., F-1, J-1), which are outside of our area of expertise. However, if you are a DACA worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area, you may be eligible for immigration legal services through our partner organization, Path2Papers. Those outside of the Bay Area seeking information about employment-based pathways may wish to seek a free consultation with Pathway for Immigrant Workers.

Our services are available to a wide range of UC affiliates:

• STUDENTS: enrolled students at one of nine University of California Campuses (UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, or UCSF. * UC Berkeley students are eligible for comprehensive services through the East Bay Community Law Center.

• STAFF/EMPLOYEES/FACULTY: A noncitizen employee, staff member, or faculty at UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, or UCSF may be eligible for our services. Note: Due to a high-volume of inquiries, we will prioritize employees in need of DACA renewal assistance where the work permit will expire within 6 months, inquiries from TPS recipients, and employees who have been arrested or detained by immigration.

• IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF UC STUDENTS: Specifically, parents, spouse, siblings, or children of a student enrolled at UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, or UCSF, are eligible for our services at the campus where the student is enrolled.

Immigration legal services through UCIMM are available to low-income family members of UC students, specifically, parents, spouse, siblings, or children of a student enrolled at UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, or UCSF. If eligible for UCIMM services, family members of UC students may seek services from the campus where the student is enrolled.

In some cases, yes. UCIMM is part of a special initiative that allows us to temporarily assist some UC alumni with ties to the Bay Area in our areas of services. We currently offer immigration legal services to UC graduates who have a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area and who have DACA, had DACA, or qualify for but never received DACA. The San Francisco Bay Area includes the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo.

At this time, we do not provide full-scope representation to people in deportation (removal) proceedings. However, if a UC affiliate is arrested or detained by immigration authorities, UCIMM is available as a first point of contact, and can assist in such cases when we have capacity. Depending on capacity and the nature of the case, we will endeavor to assist detained individuals in securing their release from immigration custody. If we are unable to do so, we will assist in supporting the individual detained and their loved ones, including by identifying  resources and to help triage. If you are a UC affiliate and have been arrested or detained by immigration enforcement, you or an authorized point of contact can request assistance by emailing at ucimmhelp@law.ucdavis.edu to request assistance. This email address will be monitored 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and occasionally on weekends.

You may book an appointment online with your campus attorney by visiting Book an Appointment | UCIMM If there are no available appointments, please follow the instructions on your campus attorney’s booking link.

Yes. Most of our staff speaks Spanish. If you or a family member speaks a language other than English or Spanish, please let us know and we can find an interpreter or translator to facilitate our first meeting.