RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS & OBLIGATIONS
As per the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) 153(1)(a), a sponsor must reside or have representatives in the refugee’s expected community of settlement. To meet the residency requirements of sponsorship:
For Sponsorship Agreement Holders (SAH):
Either the SAH and/or Constituent Group (CG) is located in the community of settlement;
IRCC’s operational guidelines for requests to convert Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) cases to Joint Assistance Sponsorship (JAS) cases outline the criteria for BVOR to JAS conversions to be considered:
A private sponsor or SPO can request the conversion of a BVOR case to a JAS case. However, conversions of BVOR to JAS are done only in exceptional circumstances and with the concurrence of the local IRCC office.
September 2015 – This guidance has been developed to assist private sponsors in identifying cases for resettlement from Turkey. It is intended to increase the likelihood of the refugees being granted exit clearance by the Government of Turkey, and to ensure that applicants are ready to travel to Canada as soon as possible once a positive decision has been made on their application for resettlement.
