Showing posts with label Free Citizenship Assistance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Citizenship Assistance. Show all posts

Thursday, February 27, 2014

New York Green Card Holders to Receive Free Citizenship Assistance


  This came in from from State Senator Gustavo Rivera.

 
New York Green Card Holders to Receive Free Citizenship Assistance  
Innovative Partnership Holds Workshop in the Bronx
 

Green card holders will attend a free citizenship application assistance workshop in the Bronx this Saturday. 

The event, hosted jointly by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, La Fuente, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Church World Services, Servicios de Educacion Basica, State Senator Gustavo Rivera, and Assembly Member Victor Pichardo, will provide free citizenship application assistance and naturalization exam study materials, as well as one-on-one legal consultations to Bronx's eligible legal permanent residents and those seeking to inform themselves of the naturalization process.

The opportunity to talk with local immigration rights experts about the recent changes to the N-400 citizenship application form, the socioeconomic benefits of becoming a U.S. citizen, and the important work local organizations are doing to promote integration among New York's 920,000 lawful permanent residents eligible for citizenship today.


WHAT:    Local organizations hold free citizenship workshop for green card   holders

WHO:      Local Bronx green card holders
                 NALEO Educational Fund
                 La Fuente
                 Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
                Church World Services
                Servicios de Educacion Basica
                State Senator Gustavo Rivera
                Assembly Member Victor Pichardo

WHEN:   11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Saturday, March 1st

WHERE:   P.S. 33 Timothy Dwight School
                   2424 Jerome Avenue
                   Bronx, NY 10468