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Immigration Law

We don’t provide help with Immigration law problems. For information or help, please contact:

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)

https://legalaid.on.ca/

Legal Aid Ontario has a number of services for people who qualify financially, including:

  • certificates to cover the cost of lawyer, if there is a strong possibility you will be sentenced to jail,
  • summary advice and information from a lawyer for up to 20 minutes, and
  • expanded certificates for individuals who identify as First Nations, Metis, and Inuit.

Call: 1-800-668-8258 (collect calls are accepted)

Government of Ontario

https://www.ontario.ca

This website provides information about immigrating to Ontario.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html

The Citizenship and Immigration Canada Call Centre answers questions on all aspects of immigration to Canada.
Call: 1-888-242-2100

Settlement

https://settlement.org/

This website provides information about immigrating to Ontario and advice for newcomers on topics such as finding a job, housing, healthcare, English as a Second Language, and many more.

Law Society Referral Service

https://www.lsuc.on.ca/lsrs/

This is an online service that gives you a free 30-minute consultation with a lawyer or paralegal. A crisis line is available Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Toll-free crisis line: 1-855-947-5255

The Steps to Justice website offers step-by-step information about immigration law and other common legal problems.