Immigration & Refugee Services
For more than 50 years, Legal Aid Saskatchewan has provided criminal and family law services to residents of Saskatchewan who are financially eligible and whose legal matter has merit. Beginning September 2026, we will also help with immigration and refugee law matters.
Legal Aid Saskatchewan’s Immigration and Refugee Law Office will open in two phases. The first phase is a soft opening on September 14, 2026 which includes assisting refugee claimants with:
- a Basis of Claim (BOC) form
- a refugee hearing
- a humanitarian and compassionate application
- a pre-removal risk assessment application
The second phase begins January 2027, and expands refugee claimants' assistance to include:
- refugee appeals
- judicial reviews
- detention review hearings
- removal order appeals
- stay of removal applications
The LAS I&R law office will not provide assistance with:
- family sponsorship
- permanent residence applications/work, study or visitor permit renewals
- checking your immigration application status
- housing or health issues
Legal Aid Saskatchewan gratefully acknowledges the Government of Canada for its full funding of Immigration and Refugee Law Services.
For more information, please visit the Qs & As.
Announcements
Project Status Reports
Qs & As
Professional Development Resources
Situational Assessment Report
Announcements
Legal Aid Saskatchewan Launches Immigration & Refugee Law Office, Expanding Access to Justice (September 4, 2026)
Legal Aid Saskatchewan to Implement Immigration and Refugee Services in 2026 (December 16, 2025)
Project Status Reports
Immigration and Refugee Services Project Status Update, March 2026 (April 8, 2026)
Qs & As
Immigration and Refugee Legal Services Qs & As (September 4, 2026)
Immigration and Refugee Legal Services Qs & As (January 15, 2026)
Professional Development Resources
Updates to Canadian Refugee & Humanitarian Case Law presented by Chris Veeman (September 9, 2026)
Situational Assessment Report
Pursuing Legal Aid Saskatchewan’s vision of inclusive, responsive, and equitable justice, and its values of compassion, collaboration, courage, and transformation, LAS retained a consultant to assess the need for federally funded immigration and refugee legal aid services.
The consultant’s report, Refugee and Immigration Services Situational Assessment (August 28, 2025), clearly identifies a gap in service delivery that compromises access to justice for immigrants and refugees in Saskatchewan.
The Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission received the report in September 2025. The Commission has asked LAS’s CEO to submit a business case to the Federal Government requesting funding for immigration and refugee legal aid services. Should this federal funding be approved, LAS will move forward with the development and implementation of immigration and refugee services.
LAS would like to thank those of you who contributed to the report. We look forward to continued collaboration in the service of refugees and immigrants in Saskatchewan.
