Legal Aid ACT will be closed from 3pm Tuesday 24 December and will reopen on Thursday 2 January 2024 at 9am.
If you are arrested and appear before court for bail over this period, you can ask to speak to our duty lawyer. If you need to appear in the Children’s Court in relation to an emergency action, please email careduty@legalaidact.org.au.
If you need emergency assistance, please call 000.
After you have lodged your application for a protection visa with the Department of Home Affairs (the ‘Department’), you will wait a few months before receiving a letter inviting you to a time and place for the interview.