What are the responsibilities of a sponsoring group?
A group sponsoring a refugee must perform the following tasks.
- Complete a settlement plan. The plan outlines the arrangements for the sponsored refugees. These include helping them to:
- find suitable housing,
- learn English or French,
- find a job and make friends,
- learn about Canadian culture and values, and
- learn about the services in their community.
- Welcome, care for, house and settle the sponsored refugees. Sponsoring groups commit to providing this help to refugees for one year after the refugees arrive in Canada or until they are self-supporting, whichever comes first. In rare cases, they may provide this help for longer.
- Live in the community where the refugees will settle.
- Provide information on available finances.
Find more information in CIC’s Guide to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program.
Was this answer useful?
Thank you for your feedback.
Contact us about your application
Please use Web form only if:
- the normal processing time for your application has passed and
- you cannot check your application status online or
- you wish to report important changes about your application, such as births, deaths, marriages, divorces, adoptions, changes in address, changes in job status or
- you need urgent processing or
- you would like to make a refugee claim
Answers others found useful
- Who is eligible for sponsorship under the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program?
- Who can sponsor a refugee?
- How long does it take before a privately sponsored refugee gets to Canada?
- Who decides whether a refugee can be sponsored and resettled?
- What kind of support do government-assisted refugees get?
Glossary term