Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs

Get immigration legal help

Find free or low-cost immigration legal services in your own language.

Get help with your DACA application

Find free help with your first-time DACA application or DACA renewal

Report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Francisco

Call the Rapid Response hotline at 415-200-1548 to get emergency legal help for someone detained by ICE.

Get help paying for an immigration application

Get a loan to help with your immigration application fee.

Go to a citizenship application workshop

Attend a San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative workshop to get free help with your citizenship application.

Request proof of your public benefits

Contact the Human Services Agency to get your benefits verification letter emailed to you during COVID-19.

Apply to become a Community Ambassador

The Community Ambassadors Program (CAP) is a community safety and neighborhood engagement job training program.

Apply to become a DreamSF fellow

The DreamSF Fellowship is a paid leadership and civic engagement program for immigrant youth. Apply in spring each year.

Apply to host a DreamSF fellow

Non-profit organizations in San Francisco can apply to host a DreamSF fellow.

Get a safety escort to walk with you

Call 311 to get a Community Ambassador to walk you home or to an appointment, weekdays in some neighborhoods.

Report a City department for not providing translation or interpretation

File a Language Access Ordinance complaint if you could not get adequate language services in your native language.

Make public comment at a virtual Immigrant Rights Commission hearing

Members of the public are invited to make public comment at Immigrant Rights Commission meetings.