Saskatchewan has a variety of services available to help newcomers immigrates settle into the province. From welcome centres across the province to translation/language/employment services, there are services available to help you and your family make this province your new home!
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1. Regional Newcomer Gateways
Saskatchewan’s Regional Newcomer Gateways are welcome centres for newcomers arriving in the province. Regardless of where you are coming from, the Regional Newcomer Gateways will help you find the people, information, resources and services you need to make your move to Saskatchewan a success. All Regional Newcomer Gateways are free of charge.
Locations
There are 11 Regional Newcomer Gateways in Saskatchewan, as listed below:
- Estevan – Southeast Newcomer Services
- Humboldt – Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre
- Lloydminster – Lloydminster Regional Newcomer Gateway
- Moose Jaw – Moose Jaw Newcomer Welcome Centre
- North Battleford – Battlefords Immigration Resource Centre
- Regina – Newcomer Welcome Centre
- Prince Albert – Regional Newcomer Centre
- Saskatoon – Newcomer Information Centre
- Swift Current – Southwest Newcomer Welcome Centre
- Tisdale – Northeast Newcomer Services
- Yorkton – Yorkton Newcomer Welcome Centre
Use Find Programs and Services to Help You Settle in Saskatchewan to locate the Gateway closest to you.
These locations also provide services to the smaller towns and communities around them and are open to all newcomers to Saskatchewan, including immigrants.
Interpretation
Even if you do not speak English, the Gateways will be able to help you, using an interpreter through Over-the-Phone Interpretation (OPI)
You can also bring a family member or friend to translate for you, when you speak with staff at the Gateways.
The Gateways cannot help you with immigration documents and processes. For help with any of these, contact Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) or the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program.
2. Settlement Advisors
When you meet with a Settlement Advisor, you can ask them about any issue related to your settlement in Saskatchewan. Use your Settlement Advisor’s knowledge and experience to find community resources and services to meet your needs.
Settlement Advisors can advise you of appropriate services to address your specific needs or challenges, such as:
- Health and wellness;
- Workplace issues; or
- Housing.
Contact your nearest Regional Newcomer Gateway to locate a Settlement Advisor. If you qualify for services, the Regional Newcomer Gateway will set up an appointment for you with a Settlement Advisor. Settlement Advisor services are free, at no cost to you.
Eligibility
To qualify to receive services from a Settlement Advisor, you must be:
- A newcomer to Saskatchewan (meaning you have lived in the province for less than two years); and,
- Be at least 18 years of age.
Interpretation
Even if you do not speak English, Settlement Advisors will be able to help you, using an interpreter through the Over The Phone Interpretation Program. You can also bring a family member or friend to translate for you, when you speak with the Settlement Advisor.
Settlement Advisors cannot help you with immigration documents and processes. For help with any of these, contact Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) or the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP).
3. Over-the-Phone Interpretation
If you do not speak English, the Gateways, Settlement Advisors and language assessors will still be happy to help you, using an over-the-phone interpretation service in your own language.
Over-the-Phone Interpretation (OPI) is a free service that provides language translation when:
- You can’t communicate in English;
- Have limited English language skills; or
- Don’t feel comfortable communicating in English.
When using the service:
- You will speak in your language to an interpreter on the phone.
- The interpreter will repeat your message in English for the Regional Newcomer Gateway service worker, Settlement Advisor or language assessor.
- Then, the service worker will respond in English and the interpreter will repeat the service worker’s message over the phone in your language, and so on.
- Interpretation is available in more than 200 languages.
You can access OPI at Regional Newcomer Gateways, when having a language assessment, or working with a Settlement Advisor. OPI is also available at some Labour Market Service Centres.
Once the service worker calls OPI, an interpreter is usually available within one minute. If not, the OPI operator will ask the service worker to wait on the line or call back in a few minutes.
- Calls are not recorded and any information you provide is treated as confidential.
- The service worker may ask for your agreement to share your name, address and contact information (phone and email) with the provincial government which funds these programs.
- The interpreter will not provide opinions, make decisions or ask questions except to clarify information.