Immigrant Resources

           Cano Law LLC works with various non-profits and community resource organizations in Charleston, SC to make encourage language access and accessibility to community resources. Below are some of the organizations that have Spanish-language access and resources for undocumented populations. Please contact these organizations directly for help.

 

             Most of these organization have Spanish language access, but if you need assistance, please feel free to contact our office.

 

Pro Bono Legal Resources

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• Wage Theft

  • Charleston Legal Access

    • (843) 640-5980

• Human Trafficking & Victim resources

  • Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services

    • Application for Services

    • (843) 853-6456

  • SC Legal Aid

    • (843) 720-7044

  • Lighthouse Immigration Legal Services

    • (843) 641-0462

• Housing and Family Law

  • Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services

• Immigration Pro Bono

  • Family petitions, DACA, other pro bono resources

    • Catholic Charities

    • (843) 388-0089

  • Removal/ Deportation Defense

    • Carolina Migrant Action Network

    • Southern Immigrant Freedom Initiative

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Community Resources

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• Victims of Violence –

  • Women's shelters

    • My sister’s house

      • (843) 747-4069

    • Safe Harbor (Upstate)

      • 1800-291-2139

  • Charleston County Sheriff’s Department

  • MUSC National Victim’s Center  (Mental health and psychological treatment)

    • Phone: (843) 792-8209

• Housing, food, healthcare, and other necessities

  • PASO’s

    • Help with food, housing, access to healthcare and other important resources

    • (803) 777-0188

  • VOCEs

    • Educational programs and educational information for Spanish-speaking immigrant families in SC

  • SC Commission on Minority Affairs

    • Access to government resources for minority populations.

  • Lowcountry Mutual Aid Fund

    • Help with utilities, rent, food, or other necessities.

    • Lowcountrymutualaid@gmail.com 

  • Community Impact

    • Help with food, clothes, or other necessities.

    • ​Phone: (843) 797-3777

• ESL and GED programs

  • Trident Literacy Program

    • Phone: (843) 747-2223

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Immigration Information

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• How to check your case status with USCIS

  • You will need your receipt number found on your I-797C Notice ​

  • https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

• How to check your Immigration Court hearing

  • You will need your A# found on any of your immigration court hearing notices beginning with the letter “A”. Example:  A# 209-123-6452

  • Contact the immigration court’s automated service to get important information about your court hearing

    • By phone-  1-800-898-7180

    • Online- https://portal.eoir.justice.gov/InfoSystem/Form?Language=EN

• Important addresses

  • Charlotte Immigration Court:

    • 5701 Executive Center Dr., Ste 400, Charlotte, NC 28212

  • Charleston ICE office:

    • 3950 Faber Place Dr., North Charleston, SC 29405

  • Charleston USCIS office:

    • 1821 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston, SC 29407

  • Charleston ISAP office

    • 3925 Lacross Rd., North Charleston, SC 29406

• To search for an immigration attorney nationwide-

  • www.ailalawyer.com

**If you are undocumented, please note contacting immigration authorities may be against your legal interest. Contact an immigration attorney to review your options.

 

Private Attorneys

• Family Law

  • Sue Chang

    • Bleeker Law Firm

    • (843) 571-2725

  • Olivia Jones (Columbia, SC)

    • (803) 402-3815

• Criminal Law

  • Ravi Sanyal, Esq.

  • John Crumrine, Esq. 

  • Marco Torres, Esq.

  • Dana Fields, Esq.

• Personal Injury Law

  • Howard Taylor, Esq.

    • (843) 797-2291