This pamphlet provides an overview of the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program’s objectives, activities and contact information.
Through the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) program, the Blended Visa Office Referred (BVOR) program, the Joint Assistance Sponsorship (JAS) program, and the Government Assisted Refugee (GAR) program, refugees who are sponsored and resettled to Canada may receive a Transportation Loan. This loan is designed to assist them in covering the expenses associated with their travel to Canada.
This is a demonstration video for the 2022 Minimum Financial Support Calculator. This online calculation tool can be used to determine the cost of private sponsorship, which is based on the 2022 RAP rates.
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;
