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This plain language booklet co-produced by West Coast LEAF and Legal Services Society gives a general overview of some of the financial issues that arise during separation and divorce. Laura Track from West Coast LEAF wrote a blog post about this back in February. In addition to English version, this resource is now available in Chinese (simplified and traditional), Punjabi, Spanish and Tagalog.
Kinbrace is a community-based organization that provides refugees with housing and support. They’ve recently updated their guide, Refugee Hearing Preparation: A Guide for Refugee Claimants. This resource is now available in 4 languages: English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified) and Arabic.
“I went through the Guide again and again before my refugee hearing. The step-by-step instructions, timeline, and recommendations were so useful for me. It’s friendly and relieved my stress.”
— Ioann, Convention Refugee in Canada
The guide can be used to:
The guide, updated in 2014, now includes more detail. Fran from Kinbrace describes it as “…interactive. Claimants can track the fast paced timelines that are in place under the new refugee claim process with their own due dates, take note of the evidence that they have on each issue and use the checklists for submitting the refugee application form and for submitting evidence to the Immigration and Refugee Board.”
This guide and other resources for refugees in BC can be found through the Clicklaw website.
