AGENCY
Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs
We operate and fund programs that help immigrants. We also help the City meet the Language Access Ordinance.
AGENCY
Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs
We operate and fund programs that help immigrants. We also help the City meet the Language Access Ordinance.
San Francisco is a Certified Welcoming place
San Francisco is a 5-Star Certified Welcoming place for immigrant inclusion and belonging. This designation recognizes the city’s work to include immigrants in all areas of civic, social, and economic life, and makes San Francisco one of 45 Certified Welcoming communities nationwide.Learn moreGet immigration legal help
Find immigration legal help from a community organization that speaks your language.
Language access and rights
Learn about how the City meets the needs of San Franciscans with limited English skills.
Immigrant Services and Resources
Support for immigrants, asylees, refugees and service providers connect to resources, opportunities, and events.
Immigrant Rights Commission
Be informed, get engaged, and speak out.
Services
Help for immigrants
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 DACA renewal.
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.
Get help with immigration enforcement issues
Call the Rapid Response Hotline at 415-200-1548 to connect people with immigration enforcement issues to legal assistance and support services.
File a Sanctuary City Ordinance complaint or inquiry
What to do if a City employee is believed to have helped enforce federal immigration law.
Language access
Know your language access rights
Learn about your language access rights for the City and County of San Francisco’s services and programs.
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 language.
Get free immigration legal help
Find immigration legal help from a community organization that speaks your language.Get helpResources
Immigrant support
Immigrant Services and Resources
Immigrant Services and Resources helps immigrants, asylees, refugees and service providers connect to resources, opportunities, and events.
Immigrant Support Hub
Find free or low-cost immigration legal services in your own language.
SF Pathways to Citizenship
Providing free, high quality citizenship services to San Francisco.
DreamSF Fellowship
The DreamSF Fellowship program is a paid leadership and civic engagement program for immigrant youth.
Know your rights around Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
What to do if you are stopped by an ICE agent in public or at your home.
Sanctuary City Ordinance
Learn more about San Francisco's Sanctuary City Ordinance.
Financial Inclusion for Newcomers
Guide for immigrant newcomers on initial steps toward greater financial inclusion.
Non-citizen voting rights in local Board of Education elections
Learn who can vote and how. The next election is June 2, 2026.
Language access
Language access and rights
Learn about how the City meets the needs of San Franciscans with limited English skills.
Language Access Ordinance compliance data
The following dashboards show all self-reported data collected from City departments for the LAO.
San Francisco language diversity data
The following dashboards show language data from the United States Census Bureau.
About
The Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA) is a policy, compliance, direct services and grantmaking office focused on promoting inclusive policies and immigrant assistance programs that lead to full civic, economic and linguistic inclusion.
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Contact information
Address
1145 Market Street
Suite #100
San Francisco, CA 94103
Suite #100
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone
OCEIA415-554-0600