A virtual conversation for the sponsorship community to hear from RAP colleagues about their experience planning for receiving Government Assisted Refugees (GARs) during the pandemic, and to explore together what best practices we might learn and adapt for our strategic planning for the resumption of Privately Sponsored Refugee (PSR) resettlement.
This recorded webinar delivered by IRCC staff provides information about the travel resumption process for resettled refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic, explains from where and how refugees will be resettled and what is expected of refugee sponsors.
The webinar for Constituent Groups and co-sponsors of SAHs, Groups of Five and Community Sponsors provides an update on measures introduced by IRCC, the IOM and the UNHCR in response to COVID-19 and their impact on refugee sponsorship and resettlement to Canada.
This webinar for new and experienced sponsors provides an in-depth look at IRCC’s post-arrival assurance activities, including a a case scenario to give attendees a better understanding of what IRCC’s post-arrival assurance activities look like in practice. Part 2 of 2.
This webinar for new and experienced sponsors provides an in-depth look at IRCC’s post-arrival assurance activities, including a a case scenario to give attendees a better understanding of what IRCC’s post-arrival assurance activities look like in practice. Part 1 of 2.
This webinar for new and experienced Groups of Five and Community Sponsors reviews sponsors’ financial responsibilities; examines the relationship between the Sponsorship Cost Table/In-Kind Deduction Table and the RAP Rates; provides an overview of the RAP Rates and a demonstration on how to use them to calculate the minimum level of financial support required on arrival;
This webinar for new and experienced SAHs provides an in-depth look at sponsors’ financial responsibilities as outlined in the Sponsorship Agreement, Appendix A of the IMM 5413 Guide and Section F of the Sponsorship Undertaking [IMM 5373] form. It also provides an overview of the RAP Rates and a demonstration on how to use them to calculate the minimum level of financial support required on arrival,
This webinar for new and experienced SAHs provides an in-depth look at the recent changes and updates to the FAQs on Post-Arrival Financial Support and use case scenarios to provide examples on how the principles of the FAQs can be applied.
The owner and staff of a Hamilton, Ontario metal bar joined forces with friends and family to sponsor a Syrian family of four. They are going to sponsor refugees every year through BVOR, the quickest form of sponsorship.
Natasha Carew and Sean Ritchie invited their wedding guests to join them in sponsoring a refugee family through the #BVOR program. It worked so well that they encourage others to use major life events to form a sponsorship group.
