VOLUNTEER
Volunteer with Surrey Speaks
Help residents with forms and applications — with no service fees. We especially welcome lawyers, notaries, licensed immigration consultants (RCICs) and registered counsellors or psychologists who can help with immigration, tenancy and family matters, notary services and mental health support.
How it works
- Sign up and licence checkSign up below. We check your licence on the relevant public register (for example the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants, the Law Society of BC or the Society of Notaries Public of BC).
- Choose your requestsWe send you help requests that match your languages and areas of practice — you choose which ones you can take.
- Your own pro bono agreementYou sign your own pro bono (no-fee) service agreement with each resident, as your regulator requires.
No service fee, everResidents never pay a service fee. Residents referred by Surrey Speaks are never charged, and no fees, gifts or referral payments are exchanged.
ConfidentialityEvery volunteer signs our Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement as part of the sign-up form.
Not licensed? You can still helpVolunteers can also help with OCI, Indian visas and passports, benefit forms, translation and community events. Choose “Other volunteer” in the form.
Sign up to volunteer
It takes about 5 minutes.