IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS: FRAUD
1-718-286-2741

AVOID IMMIGRATION FRAUD!

USE BOROUGH PRESIDENT HELEN MARSHALL’S RESOURCE LIST FOR IMMIGRATION & CITIZENSHIP ASSISTANCE 

Immigration fraud occurs when unscrupulous individuals pose as immigration lawyers or as immigrant-serving businesses, promising to get naturalization papers for their clients in exchange for hundreds or even thousands of dollars.  In the end, eligible clients often find themselves penniless and without the legal status that they had expected.  These incidents mainly take place in areas with large immigrant populations, such as Queens. 

If you believe that you or someone you know is the victim of immigration fraud, please report it to New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s Immigration Fraud Hotline at (212) 416-6149, or call 311 and file a complaint. 

Borough President Helen Marshall is committed to protecting Queens immigrants from immigration fraud.  She encourages those seeking immigration assistance and help with naturalization applications to contact their Congress members or the following reputable immigrant service agencies.  These community-based organizations, which are members of the Borough President’s Immigration Task Force, have years of experience in helping eligible clients to obtain green cards and to apply for citizenship.  They offer these services free of charge or for a very modest fee.  Borough President Marshall’s Immigration Task Force is a network of over 100 providers, advocates, government agency representatives and legislative aides who offer a wide range of programs and services in the Borough’s diverse communities.

For more information about Immigrant Affairs, please feel free to contact us at (718) 286-2741.

Organization: Emerald Isle Immigration Center
Address: 59-26 Woodside Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377
Phone: (718) 478-5502
Web site: www.eiic.org
Contact: Reception for appointment
Languages spoken: English and Spanish 

Organization: Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens
Address: 29-21 21st Avenue, Astoria, New York 11105
Phone: (718) 204-2444 Fax: (718) 204-9145
Email: fiao@juno.com
Web site: www.italianfederation.com
Languages spoken: English and Italian 

Organization: Immigration Advocacy Services
Address: 24-40 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 1103
Phone: (718) 956-8218
Fax: (718) 274-1615
Web site: www.Immigrationadvocacy.com
Contact: Antonio Meloni, Executive Director
Email: Meloni25@iasny.org
Languages spoken: Arabic, Cantonese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Mandarin, Nepalese, and Spanish

Immigration Advocacy Services provides help with all immigration applications, especially naturalization, adjustments and anti-fraud work. 

Organization: POMOC (Polonians Organized to Minister to Our Community, Inc.) 
Address: 60-17 56th Drive, Maspeth NY 11378 
Phone: (718) 326-9098 
Languages spoken: English and Polish

POMOC provides immigration assistance and help with citizenship applications. 

Organization: Make the Road New York
Address: 92-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Elmhurst, NY 11237
Phone: (718) 565-8500
Web site: www.maketheroadny.org
Contact: Nubia Duque
Email: Nubia.duque@maketheroadny.org
Languages spoken: English and Spanish 

Organization: Mama Sara Center for Immigrants/Gardenia Diaz & Associates
Phone: (718) 426-6853
Contact: Gardenia Diaz
Languages spoken: English and Spanish.

Call between 10 AM and 5 PM for an appointment and for information about fees. 

Organization: Queens Jewish Community Council
Address: 119-45 Union Turnpike, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (718) 544-9033
Fax: (718) 544-8011
Languages spoken: English, Farsi, Hebrew, Russian, and Spanish 

The QJCC offers immigration assistance and has a lawyer available once a month.

Organization: Queens Legal Services Corporation (QLSC) Citizenship Assistance Project
Address: 8900 Sutphin Boulevard, Suite 206, Jamaica, New York 11435
Phone -- Immigration Hotline: (347) 592-2180
Web site: www.QueensLegalServices.org
Contact: Mayra Chalas
Languages spoken: They speak all languages through Language Line.

This QLSC project provides assistance with naturalization. 

Organization: Queens Legal Services Corporation (QLSC) Domestic Violence Law and Advocacy Project
Address: 42-15 Crescent Street, 9th Floor, Long Island City, New York 11101
Phone -- DV Hotline: (347) 592-2179
www.QueensLegalServices.org
Contact: Brian Dworkin or Jana Morace
Languages spoken: They speak all languages through Language Line.

This QLSC project provides citizenship assistance to victims of domestic violence. 

Organization: Sanctuary for Families
Address: Queens Family Justice Center, 126-02 82nd Avenue, Kew Gardens, NY 11415

Sanctuary for Families provides free assistance with green card and citizenship applications to immigrant victims of domestic violence.  Potential clients are welcome to walk into the Queens Family Justice Center and request services.