UCSB has a partnership with the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center ("UC Imm" or "the Center"). UC Imm provides free, high-quality immigration legal representation, outreach, and education to currently enrolled students and their immediate family members (i.e., mom, dad, siblings, step-parents, step-siblings, partners, and children), and UCSB employees.
A UC Imm immigration attorney is able to meet with students and their immediate family members to discuss matters such as:
- Immigration legal intakes, advice, representation, and/or referrals
- Know Your Rights Information
- DACA renewals
- U-visas
- T-Visa
- Violence Against Women Act ("VAWA")
- Adjustment of status (i.e. green card applications)
- Consular processing
- Naturalization
- Family-based petitions
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
- Other immigration relief
Emergency Immigration Legal Services
UC Imm offers assistance for emergency cases where students or immediate family members are detained or at risk of deportation.
If your case is urgent, please contact UCSB Staff Attorney, Yoxira Espinoza, at (530) 574-6329 or yoxira.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu for assistance.
DACA Renewal and Advance Parole Funds
Undocumented Student Services (“USS”) can support UCSB students with the cost of DACA renewal, Advance Parole, and/or adjustment of status USCIS filing fees.
To be considered, students must:
- Be a currently enrolled UCSB undergraduate or graduate student who is undocumented with DACA, and
- Work with the UC Imm on their immigration case.
As a reminder, our campus immigration legal service provider, UC Imm, can serve UCSB students and their immediate family members (e.g., spouses, (step)sibling(s), (step)children, and (step)parents) on matters related to immigration law.
Click here to schedule an appointment with our UC Imm attorney.
Please note that this is a limited resource contingent upon funding availability.
Legal Resources at UCSB
Associated Students Legal Resource Center (ASLRC)
Remove barriers by providing immigration legal services so UC students can achieve their full potential in their educational pursuits.
For assistance, visit the ASLRC at The Pardall Center (Upstairs on the 2nd Floor), 6550B Pardall Road, Isla Vista
Offers free information and support to registered UCSB students on a wide range of issues, including legal consultations, education, and referrals.
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MIP, Public Intoxication, Fake ID, noise violations, and public urination citations
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Security deposit disputes, evictions, habitability situations
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Restraining orders, dissolution vehicle accidents
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Lease & rental Information, roommate conflicts
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DACA application support
Office of International Student & Scholars (OISS)
Cultivate an inclusive environment which supports international students academically, professionally, and personally by providing holistic advising on immigration, employment, and cultural matters.
F-1 students, J-1 scholars, H4 and those who are aging out, scholars applying for greens cards.
Office of International Students and Scholars
The UCSB Office of International Students & Scholars provides immigration support, advising, and cultural programming for international students and scholars. They provide support and information for those with valid student visas, those seeking employment with a student visa, and any other immigration issues that arise from studying in the US.