Referrals - Immigration

We do not assist in the area of immigration law.  We do offer the following referrals:

For legal help with immigration problems, visit Legal Aid's website or contact a legal aid office in your area. 

If there is no legal aid office serving your area, call their Client Service Centre, 1-800-668-8258 (for TTY users(telephone device for the deaf), call 1-866-641-8867).

Assistance for Newcomers

Quinte United Immigrant Services (QUIS) - a not-for-profit charitable organization which offers direct, essential services to newcomers to Canada including reception, orientation, translation/interpretation, referral to community resources, solution focused counselling, general information, and employment-related services to meet the needs of newly arrived immigrants any time after their arrival in Canada through the Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program, the Newcomer Settlement Program. 

QUIS produces many publications, including their newsletter, QUIS Times.

Settlement.org - information about Ontario for newcomers (in 11 languages) - where to go for help

Other Resources & Links

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) - produces many pamphlets and facts sheets including those on sponsoring your family, refugee claims, hiring a lawyer, immigrant women and domestic violence and more.

Canadian Council for Refugees - non-profit organization committed to the rights and protection of refugees and to the settlement, sponsorship and protection of refugees and immigrants

Citizenship and Immigration Canada - information about Citizenship and Immigration services and programs or applications in process - lots of guides and forms available

HALCO - HIV & Aids Legal Clinic Ontario - Immigration links page

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