Programs

  • Immigration Legal Services

    This past year, the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) continued to see an increased demand for our services. With seven offices in six counties and a staff of sixty-four, IIBA is the largest nonprofit provider of immigration legal services in Northern California. We have a stellar record of providing high quality, low cost immigration legal services with a 99 % approval rate for submitted applications to United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS). IIBA's Legal Services: IIBA staff helped 593 individuals petition for U.S. Citizenship. We helped 1,053 young immigrants file for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and we helped 217 individuals file to reunite with their families. We provided 4,340 legal consultations and helped 243 survivors of domestic violence and violent crime file for legal protection. We represented 51 individuals in their deportation removal cases and we helped 58 asylum seekers and refugees file for legal protection and permanent residence in the United States. We diversified our client services to outreach and serve clients from 21 African Countries and five Afro Caribbean Countries and we provide remotes services to residents of 25 Counties in addition to residents of the six Counties where IIBA has "brick and mortar" offices. IIBA's Pro Bono Clinics: IIBA collaborated with 14 separate law firms and companies who provided 411 lawyers enabling IIBA to host 25 remote pro bono workshops helping over 416 clients. IIBA was asked by the California Department of Social Service (CDSS) to be the Program Administrator for the DACA and Naturalization Application Filing Fees (DNAF) program. Our role is to administer funding for client filing fees for nine other nonprofit organizations in addition to IIBA's clients. IIBA wrote checks on behalf of 1469 DACA applicants for a total savings to clients of $727,155 and for aspiring citizens, IIBA administered $245, 925 for 345 applicants.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $4.7M

  • Program 1 [2025]

    BUILDING AN IMMIGRATION TEAM: CONSISTENT WITH IIBA'S COMMITMENT TO BUILD INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF IMMIGRATION AND TO CREATE A PIPELINE OF IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS TRAINED IN MANY AREAS OF IMMIGRATION LAW, IIBA HAS BUILT ON ITS PAST SUCCESS WITH RECRUITING INTERNS WHO HAVE BEEN STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS INCLUDING BERKELEY LAW, STANFORD, HARVARD, AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF LAW - THE SUMMER PLACEMENT WITH IIBA IS FOR TEN WEEKS DURING WHICH TIME LAW CLERKS AND UNDERGRADUATE INTERNS HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT MENTORING AND TRAINING. THREE OF OUR NEWER STAFF ATTORNEYS WERE INITIALLY SUMMER INTERNS. OUR LONG TERM STRATEGY IS TO MAKE OFFERS FOR STAFF ATTORNEY POSITIONS TO LAW STUDENTS WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN THEIR LAST YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL TO MAXIMIZE OUR COMPETITIVENESS AS AN EMPLOYER. ADVOCACY WORKIIBA HAS EXPANDED OUR ADVOCACY WORK AND STAFF JOINED THE CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT AND POLICY CENTER (CIPC) AT THE STATE CAPITOL AT THE IMMIGRANT DAY OF ACTION. IIBA STAFF, ALONG WITH VOLUNTEERS AND NON PROFIT PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WITH STATE LEGISLATORS TO URGE THEM TO SUPPORT POLICIES THAT IMPROVE THE WELL BEING OF ALL CALIFORNIANS. IIBA SERVES ON CIPC'S STEERING COMMITTEE. AS PART OF IIBA'S ADVOCACY, STAFF PROVIDED OVER 6000 LEGAL CONSULTATIONS AND HAS A 98% APPROVAL RATE FOR ALL CASES FILED TO UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS). CITIZENSHIP CLASSESBECOMING A US CITIZEN HAS BECOME EVEN MORE CHALLENGING AND MORE IMPORTANT. TO PREPARE CLIENTS FOR THEIR FINAL STEP IN THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS, IIBA OFFERS CITIZENSHIP CLASSES ON LINE AND IN PERSON IN REDWOOD CITY, SAN FRANCISCO AND NAPA. THESE WEEKLY VOLUNTEER LED CLASSES INCLUDE MOCK INTERVIEWS, CIVIC LESSONS AND ENGLISH READING, WRITING AND SPEAKING PRACTICE. OVER 270 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR CLASSES.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $6M