Blended Visa Office-Referred Program: About the process

Sponsor a refugee

The Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) Program matches refugees identified for resettlement by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) with private sponsors in Canada.

• The UNHCR identifies the refugees.
• The Government of Canada gives up to six months of income support.
• Private sponsors give another six months of financial support. They also give up to a year of social and emotional support.

The Interim Federal Health Program provides limited, temporary coverage of health-care benefits for refugees and refugee claimants until they become eligible for provincial or territorial health insurance or leave Canada.