{"id":144,"date":"2022-12-07T10:53:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T10:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2024-09-04T10:44:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T10:44:20","slug":"i-need-a-lawyer-and-or-an-interpreter-in-my-case","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/how-to-apply-for-asylum-in-finland\/i-need-a-lawyer-and-or-an-interpreter-in-my-case\/","title":{"rendered":"I need a lawyer and\/or an interpreter in my case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>State legal aid, which means having a <strong>lawyer<\/strong> provided by the State, is free of charge for people who are unable to pay for a lawyer to represent them. To receive state legal aid, you can contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/oikeus.fi\/oikeusapu\/fi\/index\/yhteystiedot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Legal Aid Office<\/a> nearest to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also contact the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakolaisneuvonta.fi\/yhteystiedot\/\" target=\"_blank\">Finnish Refugee Advice Center<\/a> which may be able to provide legal assistance in your case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the asylum procedure, if you need an <strong>interpreter<\/strong>, the Finnish Immigration Service will provide you with an interpreter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State legal aid, which means having a lawyer provided by the State, is free of charge for people who are unable to pay for a lawyer to represent them. To receive state legal aid, you can contact the Public Legal Aid Office nearest to you. You can also contact the Finnish Refugee Advice Center which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"parent":132,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions\/612"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}