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# Before you start a refugee claim, try to get help from a lawyer or settlement agency: | # Before you start a refugee claim, try to get help from a lawyer or settlement agency: | ||
#* If you cannot afford a lawyer on your own, apply for legal aid. See legal aid representation in the Resource List for information about how to apply for legal aid or call the Legal aid immigration line at 604-601-6076 or 1-888-601-6076. To get legal aid you must be financially eligible and your refugee claim must have merit. | |||
#* If you do not qualify for legal aid, contact an immigrant settlement agency. | |||
#* Contact the Law Students' Legal Advice Program if you live in the Lower Mainland. | |||
#* Pay for a lawyer or immigration consultant. | |||
# If you are at an airport or at a Canadian border crossing, start your refugee claim by telling a Canadian Border Services Agency officer that you want to make a refugee claim. Staff at the Canada Border Services Agency will interview you. They will ask you to complete immigration forms and provide identity documents. | # If you are at an airport or at a Canadian border crossing, start your refugee claim by telling a Canadian Border Services Agency officer that you want to make a refugee claim. Staff at the Canada Border Services Agency will interview you. They will ask you to complete immigration forms and provide identity documents. | ||
# If you are already in Canada, go to a Citizenship and Immigration Canada office to start your refugee claim. To find a list of offices, see [http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Citizenship_and_Immigration_Canada Citizenship and Immigration Canada] in the Resource List of this guide. Go to the reception counter and explain that you want to make a refugee claim. Staff will ask you to fill out immigration forms and provide identity documents. | # If you are already in Canada, go to a Citizenship and Immigration Canada office to start your refugee claim. To find a list of offices, see [http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Citizenship_and_Immigration_Canada Citizenship and Immigration Canada] in the Resource List of this guide. Go to the reception counter and explain that you want to make a refugee claim. Staff will ask you to fill out immigration forms and provide identity documents. | ||
