MLK and Inauguration Day (Jan. 20, 2025) Pro Se Asylum Clinic Registration Form ****ONLY for Interpreters with high proficiency in Spanish, French, Portuguese and Lingala****
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and the Riverton Park United Methodist Church of Tukwila will be hosting a large ProSe asylum clinic on Monday Jan. 20, 2025 in Seatac to help ProSe asylum seekers lodge their applications with immigration. This event is supported by the Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs and Washington State Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance.
We need your help! Please complete this form to volunteer.
This form is intended for interpreters. We need Spanish, Portuguese, Lingala, and French interpreters with high proficiency. The clinic will run from 8:30 am- 6:00pm, but most volunteers will complete their work before that.
At the clinic, you will work with one asylum seeker (and up to two derivatives) and a form filler volunteer for approximately 2 - 4 hours, helping them fill out their asylum application. After a break for pizza, an immigration lawyer will join your team for another 1-3 hours to finalize the draft application. A second immigration lawyer will conduct a quality review before the application is signed. Some volunteers may finish their cases and be dismissed early, others might be asked to help with other applicants.
NOTE: The clinic environment can be noisy and crowded.
Please see the confidentiality statement at the end of this form. Once you complete and sign this form, you will officially be registered for the Jan. 20th ProSe Asylum Clinic and will later receive the materials needed to prepare for this project.