Closed: Immediate or extended family or de facto dependant of a resettled Yazidi or survivor of Daesh
Status: This program is closed
We’ve reached the application limit for this program.
We have accepted 400 applications and are no longer accepting new submissions.
We’re still processing applications in our inventory and applicants will continue to arrive through 2026-2027.
We’re helping Yazidis and survivors of Daesh who’ve resettled in Canada reunite with family who are still in Iraq.
How this initiative works
- Completed We ask eligible Yazidis and survivors of Daesh in Canada to fill out a web form if they had family in Iraq they wanted to bring to Canada.
- Completed We close web form submissions once we receive enough submissions to fill the available spots.
- Completed We email eligible individuals in Canada who submitted a web form to get
- more information about their family in Iraq
- their consent for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to contact the members of their family in Iraq
If an individual in Canada doesn’t appear eligible, they have 30 days to provide us with proof to show that they are.
- Completed The IOM in Iraq contacts eligible family in Iraq and sends us their application.
- Completed If the number of web form submissions exceeds the number of available spots, applicants will be informed that their submission will not be processed once the program has closed.
- In progress We process the applications and issue permanent resident visas to successful applicants.
- In progress Successful applicants come to Canada as government-assisted refugees. They’ll get
- income and other support for up to 1 year
- access to resettlement support from the Resettlement Assistance Program and services from the Settlement Program
- pre-departure and in-Canada benefits from the Interim Federal Health Program