Announcement:
Citizenship Info Session - Thursday, June 27 from 6 pm to 8 pm | Central Square Branch 45 Pearl St., Cambridge
Come attend a FREE info session at the Central Branch of the Cambridge Public Library to learn more about the process of applying for citizenship. Benefits of citizenship include the right to vote, eligibility for certain federal educational scholarships, and priority when petitioning for family members to immigrate. This info session will be run by Project Citizenship, a non-profit organization that provides free legal assistance to permanent residents on their pathway to citizenship.
Click below for links to the flyers:
Click here to view CIRC's informational video
Staff and members of the Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship discuss how their work serves immigrant residents in Cambridge.
The City of Cambridge and De Novo (formerly CLSACC) host a monthly Immigration Legal Screening Clinic
When: 5:15 pm - 7:15 pm, every third Wednesday
Where: De Novo (formerly CLSACC)
47 Thorndike St, Suite SB-LL-1, near Lechmere T Station - corner of Otis and Third Sts.
for GPS: 90 Third St, Cambridge, MA 02141
Who: Available to Massachusetts immigrants and their families.
For more information, please contact the Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship
at 617-349-4396 or circ@cambridgema.gov
Click here to view the PDF for the Immigration Legal Screening Clinic flyer.
Review our FAQ sections for additional languages.
Visit the State's website for the Emergency Planning Guide for Families prepared by the Office of Attorney General
Click here to download the Emergency Planning Guide for Families in English, Haitian Creole, Spanish, and Portuguese.
The guide outlines care and custody options, including caregiver authorization, temporary agent authorization, and guardianship of a minor. The guide offers a comparison of how these options differ, and outlines the process for setting up each of these arrangements. It also offers a checklist of documents that parents may want to ensure they have in a safe place and available to the child and his or her caregiver as needed, such as passports, medical records, contact information and more.
Are you worried about TPS?
Click here for more information from MIRA.
We do not warranty their information nor have we verified it.
About CIRC
The Commission on Immigrant Rights & Citizenship (CIRC) was formed in September 2016 to address the needs of Cambridge’s immigrant community. It accomplishes this through its work in the following areas:
- Providing outreach material regarding immigrant rights and resources, both through its website and in locations throughout the City.
- Coordinating “Know Your Rights” (KYR) Trainings, provided by experienced Immigration Attorneys, in conjunction with the American Immigration Lawyers Association – New England (AILA-NE) and the Political Asylum and Immigration/Representation (PAIR) Project. Know Your Rights trainings can be arranged through the CIRC Office, by host organizations with sites located in Cambridge.
- Providing “Red Cards” in eight predominant local foreign languages (Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish and Somali). Red Cards are provided at KYR Trainings, in the CIRC Office and by mail (in limited quantities) upon request.
- Providing Outreach and Referral Services through a CIRC staff person who will assist Cambridge immigrant residents with identifying, accessing and obtaining City and local services and resources. This CIRC Outreach Worker will reach out to faith-based organizations, community organizations and meeting places that serve immigrant populations, to provide assistance to Cambridge resident immigrants related to housing, benefits, ESOL classes, citizenship classes, legal services and counseling needs. The CIRC Outreach Worker will be available to provide these services starting in fall 2017.
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