What are the different program options to sponsor a refugee? 

This is a question that the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP) intends to answer through its webinar. 

Attendees will be able to get an overview of: 

• The application process

• Recent updates and changes to processing

• Who can be included in an application package

Maybe you have been wanting to sponsor a refugee and do not know how to go about it? 

To help you realize your ambition, the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP) is organizing a webinar. 

The following topics will be covered:

Who can sponsor under the PSR Program 

What are the specific requirements for Groups of Five and community Sponsors?

Who can be sponsored? 

What are the refugee status documents? 

The 1976 Immigration Act, which came into effect in 1978, was the first immigration act that clearly defined the fundamental objectives of Canadian immigration policy. It defined refugees as a distinct class of immigrants and required a mandatory responsibility on the government to plan for the future of immigration. The private sponsorship was quickly used in 1979 to sponsor Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian refugees.