On this page we provide a few resources that may help you.
Immigration
For help with immigration issues in Vermont, contact:
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Vermont Asylum Assistance Project (VAAP) and Vermont Legal Aid’s “Immigrant Community Lawyering Initiative” – Lawyers provide representation and consultation to noncitizens in Vermont in coordination with community partner organizations. Services include:
- humanitarian-based immigration matters, and
- counsel for people at risk of detention or deportation.
Fill out the intake form on the VAAP website to ask for help: www.vaapvt.org/legal-support.
- Association of Africans Living in Vermont at 802-985-3106 and [email protected].
- The Center for Justice Reform at Vermont Law and Graduate School at 802-540-0398 and [email protected].
To learn more about your rights, visit:
- The Immi website created by the Immigration Advocates Network and Pro Bono Net.
To learn more about the asylum process and resources in Vermont, visit:
Citizenship
CitizenshipWorks provides information and online tools about citizenship.
Immigrants with criminal justice histories
If you were born outside the United States, do not have U.S. citizenship, and have had contact with the criminal justice system (including arrests, citations, charges or convictions), contact the Prisoner's Rights Office of the Vermont Office of the Defender General.
If you want to have your criminal record expunged or sealed, your first step is to contact the Center for Justice Reform at Vermont Law and Graduate School at 802-540-0398 and [email protected]. If they tell you it is fine to proceed with a petition to expunge or seal your record, follow the steps on our web page about expungement.
Getting public benefits or health care
See our web pages on these topics:
