Thank you for consulting with the WDA’s Immigration Project. Please read the following before proceeding. 

Consultation and Confidentiality Policy:   

• Consulting with WDA does not create an attorney-client relationship between WDA and your client, or between WDA and you.
• WDA will not release client information to anyone absent a court order except that if the client later brings a post-conviction action based on a Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claim, the fact and substance of our consultation will not be confidential in that proceeding. By consulting with us, you accept these conditions.
• Please use caution in sharing the information we provide you with anyone but your client. Our responses may include strategy, legal arguments, or confidential information about your client. If you need an expert letter for your negotiations with the prosecutor, let us know and we can provide one.  
• By continuing, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the above.

Instructions: 

• Please answer all questions on the intake form as completely as possible. We must have all of this information to fully and accurately advise you regarding the immigration consequences faced by your client. 

• If your client has a work permit, a green card, a visa, or any other documentation from immigration, please provide a copy. If you cannot get a copy, please ask for the “category code” that appears on the front of any work permit or green card, and/or the “A-number,” which is an 8- or 9-digit number also on those cards and on any other immigration documents. Information about the various immigration statuses and questions to ask your client can be found on our website, here. 

• Please list all prior criminal history, whether misdemeanor or felony, dismissed, or expunged, etc.  
• If your client has any criminal history in another state, you must provide the details of those convictions so that we can accurately advise you. Consider obtaining an FBI background check. 

Online Adult Immigration Intake Form
Online Juvenile Immigration Intake Form

If you are unable to use the online system, you may print the appropriate form from the links below. Please scan and e-mail the completed form to: support@wdaip.freshdesk.com.

Printable Adult Immigration Intake Form
Printable Juvenile Immigration Intake Form

The WDA Immigration Project website contains information on the various types of immigration status, common immigration terminology, and basic information on the immigration process. The website also contains our practice advisories, links to recorded webinars, and other relevant information. For questions not related to a case-specific consultation, please email us at wdaip@defensenet.org.  

If you submitted a request and have not received a response in a timely manner (e.g. by your stated deadline), please e-mail wdaip@defensenet.org.