This list of local immigration attorneys has been carefully vetted by Swarthmore’s legal counsel and the ISC team. To help you prepare for your consultation, check out Informed Immigrant’s Immigration Attorney Guide. If you don’t need legal representation but still have questions, you can use Free Legal Answers from the American Bar Association. For legal support outside the PA–NJ area, the Immigrant's Advocate Network offers a nationwide directory of immigration attorneys. Please reach out if you have any questions!

Please note: While Swarthmore has vetted the local attorneys listed, we have not reviewed or endorsed the attorneys or services provided by external organizations linked above. These resources are provided for your convenience.

Non-Profit Organizations

African Cultural Alliance of North America, Inc.

5530 Chester Avenue, 2^nd Floor
Philadelphia, Pa 19143

Phone: (215) 729-8225
www.acanaus.org

Immigration law

Criminal defense for minor offenses

Family based cases (immigration forms), Naturalization

Asylum

Removal and detention, including dual criminal and immigration matters

Case management services

Consultation: $50

Rates vary

Equal Access Legal Services 

402 Bethlehem Pike

Erdenheim, PA 19038
Phone: (267) 888-6703
www.equalaccesslegal.org

PERM Labor Certification Naturalization/Citizenship

Deportation Defense

Green Card Applications

Asylum Applications

Immigration Court Appeals

F-1 Student Visas 

DACA Petitions

Rates: sliding scale based on income

Esperanza Immigration Legal Services 

4261 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140

Phone: (215) 324-0746, ext.

www.esperanza.us/eils

Note: Drop-in, Phone calls, EILS receives new clients every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30am-12:30pm both in person and over the phone.

Self-petitions for victims of domestic violence

Special visas for unaccompanied minors 

Green card applications

Family petitions

Naturalization applications

DACA renewals

Rates: sliding scale based on income

HIAS Pennsylvania

123 S Broad Street 

Suite 950

Philadelphia, PA 19109

Phone: (215) 832-0900

www.hias.org

Currently only accepting clients applying for Naturalization.

May be placed on a waiting list for other immigration legal matters.

Deportation/Removal Defense

Family Unity: filing of family petitions, applications for adjustment of status and consular processing.

Humanitarian Relief: Temporary Protected Status and other humanitarian applications for relief.

Immigrant Youth Advocacy Project: Help vulnerable children obtain protection under U.S. immigration laws 

Latino Outreach and Immigration Services

PHIILS: Pennsylvania HIAS Indigent Immigrant Legal Services (PHIILS) provides civil legal services to immigrant youth, survivors of interpersonal violence and other vulnerable immigrants who are at or below 187.5% of the poverty level.

Assistance for Victims of Interpersonal and Domestic Violence.

Free Consultation by phone

Rates: sliding scale based on income

Law Firms

500 Glenwood 

Wyncote, PA

Phone: 215-808-0036

Email: jherziglaw@gmail.com

https://www.jackherzig.com/index.html

Asylum (mostly political)

Citizenship and Naturalization

Removals

Specialty in Countries:

Pakistan

Indonesia

Liberia

Palestine

Free Consultation

Attorney Retention Rates Vary

Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C.

VISASERVE PLAZA 
487 Goffle Road 
Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Phone: (201) 670-0006; 

toll-free: 1 (866) 599-3625

www.visaserve.com

Contact: 

David Nachman

Business Immigration Law

Employment-Based Immigration

General Business

Family-Based Immigration

Discounted consultation fee 

Curtin & Heefner

1040 Stony Hill Rd #150

Yardley PA 19067 (ad hoc)

215-690-1933

dht@tranlawassociates.com

http://www.tranlawassociates.com/contact.html

Contact: Djung Tran

Family-based immigration

Asylum

Business and employment-based immigration

Citizenship and naturalization

1524 Delancey Street 4th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19102

(215) 395-8959

Contact: Stephen Antwine

Business Immigration

Nonimmigrant visas

Family Based Immigration 

DACA recipients

Residency and Citizenship

Refugee Protection Claims

Removal and Deportation Defense

TN Visas

Free 15 min consultation 

Reduced Attorney retention rate depending on income level

Rakhi Patel Law LLC

1515 Market Street

Suite 1200

Philadelphia, PA 19102

(267) 639-4225

https://patelimmigrationlaw.com/

Contact: Rahki Patel

Employment-Based Green Cards

Students/Exchange Visitor Visas

F-1 Students

J-1 Exchange Visitors

Family-Based Green Cards

U Visa

10-15 min free screening

45 min consultation reduced rate depending on income

101 Greenwood Ave #630, Jenkintown, PA 19046

Phone: (215) 885-3600

www.goldblumfirm.com

Contact: Karen Pollins

Adjustment of Status

Visas

U.S. Citizenship

Employment Based Immigration

TN visas

Free 30 min consultation

May Reduce Attorney retention rate depending on income