Immigration Counseling

Offered By
Refugee and Immigration Services

With over 20 years of experience, Refugee and Immigration Services (RIS Va) provides immigration counseling, assistance in completing immigration forms, and assistance in many immigration matters in the Greater Richmond, Hampton Roads, Roanoke Valley and Harrisonburg, Virginia areas. In each location RIS employs an immigration counselor who specializes in immigration counseling. The RIS immigration counseling program is accredited by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

This is a fee-based program dedicated to making affordable immigration counseling available to those with limited resources.

Immigration Counseling Services

• Affidavits of support
• Answers to immigration inquiries and referrals
• Assistance with travel documents
• Assistance with VISA processing for relatives abroad
• Asylum applications
• Citizenship applications and test preparation
• Immigration consultations
• Naturalization
• Permanent residency applications
• Petitions for relatives and family reunification
• Work authorization applications
• And many other immigration counseling services too numerous to list.

Please call one of our local offices to make an appointment. All of Refugee and Immigration Services locations are very busy, and walk-ins are rarely accepted. Waiting time for an appointment is often three (3) weeks.

Immigration Counseling

Serving Virginia
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You will need to bring with you:

• All Immigration Papers
• Marriage License and Birth Certificates for everyone whom you are petitioning for
• W-2 Forms

Immigration Links:

• National Immigration Forum
• What's Your Immigration IQ?
• Differences between immigrants and refugees
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services