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Center for Religious Immigration and Protection

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Mission: As the number of foreign-born Catholics immigrating to the United States continues to steadily increase, the number of U.S. men and women entering the seminary or religious life continues to steadily decrease. In light of this reality, the Church is bringing foreign-born religious workers into the United States to address the growing need for spiritual and pastoral ministry to foreign-born and U.S. Catholics. The Center for Religious Immigration and Protection assists more than 250 archdiocese, dioceses and religious institutes to bring foreign-born religious workers to the U.S. for education, formation, or ministry. The Center offers a variety of legal and educational services that enable CLINIC to fulfill its mission to enhance, extend, and support the legal immigration work of the Catholic Church.

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Educational Services

  • Technical support for arch/dioceses and religious institutes managing religious immigration cases;
  • Training in religious immigration law for arch/diocesan and religious institute personnel as well as Catholic and non-Catholic nonprofit legal immigration staff;
  • Quarterly newsletter highlighting specific religious immigration practice issues;
  • Publications on religious immigration law, case management and best legal practices;
  • Religious Immigration Internship Program.

Religious Immigration Quarterly

Summer 2009
Spring 2009
Summer 2008
Winter 2008
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Summer 2007
Spring 2007

 

Legal Services

  • Review of immigration documents and forms for eligibility determination;
  • Preparation of application, petitions and correspondence for U.S. immigration benefits;
  • Representation before federal agencies such as the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (DOS); and
  • On-going case management.

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