Denver immigration court: which court is yours, how to check your case, and free help

The two courts

Both belong to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), part of the Justice Department. They are courts, not USCIS: green card, citizenship and asylum interviews happen at USCIS offices, not here.

Public hours at both are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (filing window until 4 p.m.), Monday to Friday except federal holidays. Courts can close without warning for weather: before you leave home, check EOIR's operational status page. The courts don't accept faxes or emailed filings unless the judge or staff asked for them. Denver's page lists seven immigration judges and one temporary judge; Aurora's lists five.

What's confirmed and what's only reported

• OfficialAddresses, phones, emails and hours above, as published by EOIR. The Denver page was last updated October 9, 2026 and Aurora's on October 22. EOIR court pages.
• OfficialEveryone passes through a metal detector and a bag check each visit, and may have to take their shoes off. No food or drinks unless the judge allows it, and no cameras or recording devices in courtrooms. Hearings are open to the public and you don't need to tell the court you're coming. EOIR.
• OfficialPeople without an attorney or accredited representative always default to an in-person hearing, whatever the court's video settings say. EOIR, internet-based hearings page.
• OfficialYou must report a new address within five working days on Form EOIR-33. The court sends every notice to the address on that form and won't update it from anything else you file. Form EOIR-33/IC, rev. Feb 2026.
• OfficialEvery document in Spanish you give the judge needs an English translation with the translator's signed certification of competence and accuracy. 8 CFR 1003.33.
• OfficialA federal court vacated ICE's and EOIR's 2025 courthouse-arrest policies (final judgment June 30, 2026) and on July 10, 2026 refused to pause that while the government appeals. ICE can still arrest people inside courthouses in the limited circumstances its earlier policies allowed. Pablo Sequen v. Albarran, N.D. Cal.
• ReportedOn May 29, 2025, a family of three, including a 1-year-old, was arrested outside the Stout Street court right after their hearing, in front of a Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network attorney; advocates said six plainclothes officers surrounded them. Colorado Newsline. On June 3, 2025, attorneys for asylum seekers from Mauritania said ICE agents detained several of their clients without explanation; attorney Nicole Murad said two of her clients were detained for questioning after court even though the judge had denied the government's motions to dismiss their cases. All were released. CBS Colorado. Both are from before the 2026 court ruling above.

Before your hearing, step by step

1. Find your court and your date

   Your Notice to Appear (NTA) or Notice of Hearing gives the court, the address, the date and the time. Confirm it online at EOIR Automated Case Information with your A-Number (the 9-digit number starting with A on your papers) and your nationality, or by phone at 1-800-898-7180 (TDD 800-828-1120). A rescheduled date only shows up once the court has set it; the paper notice is the official word.

2. Fix your address now, not later

   If you've moved since your NTA, or the NTA has the wrong address, file the EOIR-33 online through Respondent Access (no login needed), in person or by mail. One form per person with a case. Then send a copy to ICE's Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, through the ICE eService portal or by mail. Telling USCIS (Form AR-11) does not update the court, and the court doesn't update USCIS: do both.

3. If you moved out of Colorado, ask to move the case

   A new address doesn't send your case to a new court. You, or better your lawyer, file a written motion to change venue, with your new address already on file. Until the judge grants it, your hearings stay in Denver and missing one has the same consequences.

4. Look for a lawyer the day the notice arrives

   Free help is limited. Call the providers below, ask for a consultation, and bring every paper you have. If you can't get anyone before a first hearing (a master calendar hearing), you can go and ask the judge for time to find a lawyer.

5. Translate what you'll file

   Birth certificates, police reports, medical records: anything in Spanish needs a full English translation and the translator's certification. Same rule as at USCIS: how to do it right.

6. Plan the day

   Arrive early for the security line. Public transportation to the downtown court runs through the Regional Transportation District (RTD). For Aurora, plan for the detention center's entry process on top of the court's: EOIR calls the building the Denver Contract Detention Facility (GEO) and sends you to ICE's detention facilities page for how to get in.

Free and low-cost legal help for the Denver courts

These are the providers on the Justice Department's official pro bono list for the Denver and Aurora courts (October 2026 edition). The list is updated every January, April, July and October.

Not every row fits everyone. The list describes RMIAN's Denver program as for children and families in removal proceedings, and the Colorado Asylum Center as asylum applications and appeals only. For an adult alone with another kind of case, ask each organization what it takes.

Recognized organizations around Denver, and who can go with you to court

The Justice Department also recognizes nonprofits whose accredited representatives can help you, often free or low cost (ask what they charge). There are two kinds of accreditation: full (immigration court, the Board of Immigration Appeals and DHS) and partial (“DHS only”: USCIS and other DHS offices, not the judge). This is the October 18, 2026 roster for the Denver area. It lists representatives by organization, not by office, and it doesn't count staff attorneys, so ask who would go with you to your hearing.

* The roster marks the renewal of the organization's recognition as pending; it's still listed as “Active”. Contact details are supplied by each organization to the Justice Department: call before you go. Some serve specific communities, so ask whether they take your case and speak your language.

Only attorneys and accredited representatives can represent you in immigration court. A notario, a tax preparer or an “immigration consultant” can't, and a wrong filing in court is very hard to undo. If you lost TPS and are thinking about asylum, read asylum after TPS: the deadline is running before your first consultation, and see what changed when TPS ended.

Waiting for an asylum work permit

If your asylum application is pending and you think the count toward your work permit (the “asylum clock”) is wrong, EOIR has a mailbox just for that at Asylum.Clock.Denver@usdoj.gov (Aurora: Asylum.Clock.Aurora@usdoj.gov). Send your name, your A-Number and why you think the clock should change. EOIR says it answers nothing else sent there: general questions go to the court's own email above.

Hearing in another city? See the Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Miami or Orlando immigration court.