May 19, 2009
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Multilingual publications from LSS
If you’re helping clients whose first language is not English, remember that LSS has published a number of multilingual booklets, brochures, and fact sheets that might be helpful. You can find all of the following in the Publications section of the LSS website (and some of them in the Publications section of the Family Law in BC website), or order them from LSS (see the website for ordering information).
Family violence
For Your Protection: Peace Bonds and Restraining Orders (booklet co-produced with the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General in traditional Chinese, English, and Punjabi)
Legal Information For Battered Women (fact sheet series in traditional Chinese, English, Farsi [Persian], Punjabi, and Spanish)
If You Are an Immigrant Sponsored by Your Husband
Peace Bonds, Restraining Orders, and No-Contact Orders
Speaking of Abuse: Violence Against Women in Relationships (booklet in traditional Chinese, English [online only], Farsi [Persian], French, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
Speaking of Abuse: Violence Against Aboriginal Women in Relationships
Immigration and refugee
How to Fill Out a Personal Information Form (fact sheet in traditional Chinese) and the Personal Information Form (immigration form in simplified and traditional Chinese, English, and Spanish)
Sponsorship Breakdown (booklet about welfare and sponsorship breakdown in traditional Chinese, English [online only], Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
Your Guide to the Refugee Claim Process (booklet in English, simplified Chinese, and Spanish; see also Your Guide to the Refugee Claim Process now available in Spanish and coming soon in simplified Chinese).
Legal help
Legal Aid Can Help You (brochure in Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, English, Farsi [Persian], French, Korean, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese)
What You Should Expect from Your Legal Aid Lawyer (fact sheet available online only in traditional Chinese, English, Farsi [Persian], French, Punjabi, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
Pensions and benefits
Benefits and Services for Seniors (booklet in simplified and traditional Chinese, English, French, Punjabi, Spanish, and Tagalog)
Coming soon
Online-only French versions of:
- Living Together or Living Apart
- What to Do If You Are Charged with Assault
- What to Do If You Are Charged with Mischief
- What to Do If You Are Charged with Possession of An Illegal Drug
- What to Do If You Are Charged with Possession of Property Under $5,000 Obtained by Crime
- What to Do If You Are Charged with Theft Under $5,000
- Your Guide to the Refugee Claim Process