Legal Resources for the Haitian Community

For technical assistance questions regarding TPS or adoptions, please call:

• Catholic Charities: (617) 464-8004
• Mass Law Reform Institute: (617) 357-0700 x 335
• MIRA Coalition: (617) 350-5480 x 212
• Irish Immigration Center: (617) 542-7654
• Maiona & Maiona (617) 695-2220
• International Insitute of Boston (617) 695-1639

For inquiries regarding eligibility for state or federal benfits and housing please call:

• Mass Law Reform Institute: (617) 357-0700 x 328
• MIRA Coalition (617) 350-5480 x 222

Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

• For application forms, filing instructions, and updates:  
  United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
  JFK Federal Building
  15 Sudbury Street
  Boston, MA
  http://www.uscis.gov
  (800) 375-5283
  
• To request official Haitian documents: 
  Embassy of Haiti in DC
  2311 Massachusetts Ave, NW
  Washington, DC 20008
  Phone: (202) 332-4090
  Fax: (202) 745-7215
  Email: embassy@haiti.org
  Web: http://www.haiti.org
  
• The Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians regularly provides free confidential consultation on all immigration issues, including Haitian TPS and adoptions.
  When: Every first and third Wednesdays of the month.  Noon – 2:30
  Where: Boston City Hall, room 803
  (617) 635-2980
  http://www.cityofboston.gov/newbostonians

Bringing Relatives to the United States

• For application forms, filing instructions, and updates: http://www.uscis.gov

• For information on interviews and visa processing in Haiti: http://haiti.usembassy.gov

Adoptions

• For the latest updates on adopting Haitian children:  http://www.adoptions.state.gov/country/haiti.html
  
• For US Citizens with pending adoption cases, please contact USCIS at HaitianAdoptions@dhs.gov to make inquiries or provide the agency with detailed information.
  
• If you know of orphaned children who are not in the adoption process and are lacking basic necessities, please contact UNICEF at portauprincehaiti@unicef.org.

US Embassy in Haiti (for all calls to Haiti, dial 011 + the number)

• Inquiries about the welfare of US Citizens in Haiti can be made to the embassy: (509) 22 29 8942, (509) 22 29 8089, (509) 22 29 8322, or (509) 22 29 8672
  
• Inquiries can also be made to US offices of the State Department: (888) 407-4747 or Haiti-earthquake@Sate.Gov.

Tabarre 41, Boulevard 15 Octobre
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
(509) 22 29 8000
PapCons@state.gov (immigrant visa section)
http://haiti.usembassy.gov