Refugee sponsorship: Joint assistance sponsorship

This application is for Sponsorship Agreement Holders (SAH) and their Constituent Groups who wish to sponsor a refugee(s) under the Joint Assistance Sponsorship (JAS) Program.

JAS refers to a joint undertaking by the sponsoring group and Citizenship and Immigration Canada to sponsor a refugee(s) requiring special assistance and whose admissibility depends upon the additional support of a sponsor.

Refugees sponsored under the JAS program are identified as having special needs that will likely result in a longer or more difficult period of integration.

These special needs include:

• a large number of family members;
• trauma resulting from violence or torture;
• medical disabilities; and
• the effects of systemic discrimination.

Sponsors living in the province of Quebec should contact the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles.

Submit the application to a Citizenship and Immigration Centre. You can find the address in the application guide that comes with the application.

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This application includes the following items:

• Instruction Guide [IMM 5493]
  > also in PDF format  PDF, 258 KB
• Request for a Joint Assistance Sponsorship Refugee Profile [IMM 5504]  PDF, 88 KB
• Undertaking/Application for a Joint Assistance Sponsorship [IMM 1324]  PDF, 139 KB
• Sponsor Assessment [IMM 5492]  PDF, 102 KB
• Settlement Plan — Joint Assistance Sponsorship [IMM 5494]  PDF, 111 KB
• Document Checklist — Joint Assistance Sponsorship [IMM 5495]   PDF, 99 KB
• Use of a Representative [IMM 5476]  PDF, 55 KB

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