Associations/communities and Canadian citizens may sponsor refugees from overseas. Upon arriving in Canada, these sponsors must oblige to offer the requirements of life, such as food and shelter, for the sponsored refugee for a period of one year. There are three types of qualified sponsors: (1) organizations who have signed sponsorship agreements with the Canadian government, (2) groups of five Canadian citizens or permanent residents who join together to sponsor a refugee, (3) community sponsors, which are community organizations who have the necessary finances to act as a sponsor. In all cases the sponsors must first obtain approval from Citizenship and Immigration Canada before they may act as sponsors.

If you are in Canada and are interested in sponsoring a refugee from abroad, please contact us for further information.

• Refugee claims made in Canada
  
• Pre-Removal Risk Assessment
  
• Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications
  
• Refugees Abroad
  
• Refugee Category
  

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