Community sponsors

New private sponsorship applications Paused

Community sponsors can only apply to sponsor refugees through the Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) Program at this time.

We’ll continue to process applications that have already been submitted.

Learn more about this pause.

Some community organizations can sponsor refugees abroad to come live in Canada permanently. This means you’ll support them emotionally and financially, usually for 1 year.

To sponsor a refugee, your community organization must:

  • make sure they already have refugee status
  • create a settlement plan
  • prove you have the money to support them

Other organizations and individuals can also partner with you as co–sponsors.

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Paused

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