{"id":151,"date":"2020-03-28T09:57:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T09:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:01:55","slug":"legal-counselling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/where-to-seek-help\/legal-counselling\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal counselling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>During the asylum procedure<\/strong>, you have access to <strong>free<\/strong> counseling and legal representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon your arrival at a <strong>federal asylum centre<\/strong>, you will be assigned a <strong>legal representative<\/strong>. This legal representative will support you throughout your asylum procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each federal asylum centre also has a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluechtlingshilfe.ch\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/Hilfe_fuer_Asylsuchende\/Rechtsberatungsstellen\/BAZ_extern.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free legal counselling<\/a>. This is open every day and you can ask any other questions you may have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you live in a <strong>cantonal centre<\/strong> and your asylum case is still pending, you can contact a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osar.ch\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/Hilfe_fuer_Asylsuchende\/Rechtsberatungsstellen\/RBSadr_extern.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal advisory service<\/a>&nbsp;in your canton of residence for any questions about your asylum procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also want to reach out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asylex.ch\/\">AsyLex<\/a>, a non-profit organisation providing legal advice to asylum seekers in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you received a <strong>negative asylum decision<\/strong> in the region of Northwestern Switzerland and Zurich and do not have <strong>legal representation,<\/strong> you can contact <a href=\"https:\/\/pikett-asyl.ch\/en\">Pikett Asyl<\/a>, an advice centre for rejected asylum seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR does not provide individual legal representation or counselling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the asylum procedure, you have access to free counseling and legal representation. Upon your arrival at a federal asylum centre, you will be assigned a legal representative. This legal representative will support you throughout your asylum procedure. Each federal asylum centre also has a\u00a0free legal counselling. This is open every day and you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":147,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/2045"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}