Provides eligible low-income people with a lawyer, under certain circumstances. Apply at all Legal Aid BC local agents and regional centres, or by phoning the LABC Call Centre.Representation Services (Serious Family Law Matters) are provided in situations such...

Legal Aid BC (LABC) provides duty counsel services for people in detention at the Canada Border Services Agency's enforcement centre in Vancouver. Duty counsel provides advice regarding procedures, legal rights, and may appear on a client's behalf at detention...

Facilitates private sponsorship for refugees, supports private sponsors, and offers workshops on refugee issues. Services are delivered remotely by phone, email, and Zoom. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

Responsible for hearing cases and making decisions on immigration and refugee matters in accordance with the law. The Refugee Protection Division (RPD) hears and decides claims for refugee protection made in Canada in keeping with the Immigration and Refugee P...

Administers the Immigration and Citizenship Act and related regulations, provides for the admission of immigrants and non-immigrants to Canada, and conducts citizenship testing and ceremony events. Issues passports, visas, electronic travel authorizations (eTA...

Grassroots lobby and support group offers immigration information and support to queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, while working to end discrimination in Canada's immigration regulations. Helps Canadians who have partners of other national...

Volunteer-run organization coordinates the activities of all organizations concerned with citizenship. Sponsors Citizenship Day ceremonies at Citizenship Court followed with welcoming receptions. Also offers recognition awards to secondary school students. Ser...

Provides free legal assistance to migrant workers dealing with employment standards or immigration law issues in BC. Prioritizes clients on closed work permits or employer-specific work permits (including caregivers and migrant agricultural workers). Also assi...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers (excluding live-in caregivers), post-secondary international students...

Supports the social and economic integration of Francophone newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, post-secondary international students, provincial nomine...

Holds free legal clinics at different ISS of BC offices in Metro Vancouver (Vancouver, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge, Burnaby, and Richmond) to provide free legal information and advice to newcomers to Canada who have faced or are fa...

Free 10-week program to support adults age 19 or older in learning the Discover Canada Study Guide and preparing for the Canadian Citizenship Test. Must be a Permanent Resident or in Canada under CUAET (Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel). Regis...

Provides free and confidential support, advocacy, legal information, referrals, form completion assistance, and family court accompaniment within Vancouver and Metro Vancouver for women who are navigating the legal system. Advocacy services address issues rela...

Assists refugee claimants to prepare for their refugee hearing through two resources. The Refugee Hearing Preparation Guide is a step-by-step brochure that educates, guides, and supports refugee claimants who are preparing for their refugee hearings. Informs a...

Provides assistance to foreign domestic workers and caregivers, and advocates for improvements in their employment conditions and immigration status. Educates foreign domestic workers and caregivers through workshops, forums, training, and leadership; provides...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers in Vancouver. Free settlement services include orientation, information and referral to community services, basic employment services, Canadian culture and citizenship classes, financial literacy traini...

Provides supervised, temporary accommodation for government-assisted refugee families and singles; also available for refugee claimants if space is available. Houses classrooms for language learning, a newcomer youth drop-in and resource centre, employment ser...

Provides free legal representation and advice to low-income refugee claimants, immigrants, and people without legal status. Among other services, it will take on complex and/or time sensitive refugee claims, appeals and cases of systemic importance. Priority i...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers in Vancouver who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, Ukrainians who have arrived in Vancouver through the CU...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, including refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, post-secondary international students, provincial nominees who are not yet permanent residents, and recentl...

Provides one-on-one settlement and employment services to permanent residents, new immigrants, and refugees, temporary foreign workers, naturalized Canadian citizens seeking employment, provincial nominees awaiting permanent residency, post-secondary internati...

Provides settlement services for immigrants and refugees (protected persons and convention refugees). Services include new immigrant orientation and referrals, Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) classes, public workshops, a legal aid advice pr...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers in Vancouver who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants in Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Korean, Punjabi, Urdu...

Provides settlement services for immigrants and refugees (protected persons and convention refugees). Services include new immigrant orientation and referrals, Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) classes, public workshops, a legal aid advice pr...

Offers settlement assistance to newcomers in a variety of formats and languages including English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, and Tagalog. One-to-One Services include assessment, information, and referral to community services. Settlement workers assist wit...