Local resources
Penticton & District Multicultural Society
508 Main St, Penticton, BC
Telephone: 250-492-6299 Fax: 250-490-4684
email: admin.pdms@shaw.ca www.cloud9design.ca/pdms
A variety of services including immigrant settlement & adaptation services. Translation available for a fee.
Legal Aid; Legal Services Society
You may be eligible for legal representation if you have a low income and you are facing a refugee or deportation hearing. Fact sheets available in other languages.
Telephone: 250-493-7164 Toll-free: 1-866-577-2525 www.lss.bc.ca
Immigration: telephone and online resources
Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Attorney General
Settlement and Multiculturism, Newcomers’ Guide www.ag.gov.bc.ca/sam
Citizenship & Immigration Canada www.cic.gc.ca
For information about immigration, citizenship, sponsorship, etc. Toll-free: 1-888-242-2100
For information about the permanent resident card Toll-free: 1 800 255-4541
Multilingolegal Website www.multilingolegal.ca
Lists BC’s public legal education materials in nine different languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Spanish and Vietnamese). The publications are available for downloading.
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