{"id":512,"date":"2022-06-28T18:39:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T18:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/canada\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2023-08-09T19:18:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T19:18:30","slug":"british-columbia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/canada\/resources-for-asylum-seekers\/british-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"British Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\">Legal Services Society: Legal Aid BC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Legal Services Society (LSS) is a non-profit organization created to provide legal information, advice, and representation services to people with low incomes, including asylum-seekers, in the province of British Columbia. They could assist you in obtaining financial help to pay for a lawyer to represent you at your hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Telephone:<\/strong> +1-866-577-2525<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lss.bc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit their website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Address:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/510+Burrard+St+%2325,+Vancouver,+BC+V6C+3A8\/@49.285991,-123.1201493,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x548671823ec27441:0x171d89f249fb440d!8m2!3d49.285991!4d-123.117569?entry=ttu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">425 \u2013 510 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3A8<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday \u2014 9 am to 4 pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday \u2014 9 am to 2:30 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\">Kinbrace<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kinbrace community welcomes refugee claimants with housing, education, and support. If you are a refugee claimant preparing for your hearing, get ready with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeclaim.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kinbrace Refugee Hearing Preparation Guide<\/a>, a collaborative initiative developed in 11 languages for each region of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Telephone:<\/strong> +1-604-255-9691<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:info@kinbrace.ca\">info@kinbrace.ca<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kinbrace.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit their website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\">Immigration &amp; Refugee Legal Clinic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Immigration and Refugee Legal Clinic provides free legal advice and representation, with interpretation services, for low-income people across BC. The clinic acts as a safety net for individuals and families, whose cases are not covered or easy to serve in the traditional legal aid system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Telephone:<\/strong> +1-778-372-6583<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:info@irlc.ca\">info@irlc.ca<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irlc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit their website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Services Society: Legal Aid BC The Legal Services Society (LSS) is a non-profit organization created to provide legal information, advice, and representation services to people with low incomes, including asylum-seekers, in the province of British Columbia. 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