Application for Refugee Sponsorship: Joint Assistance Sponsorship

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This application includes the following items:

• Document Checklist — Joint Assistance Sponsorship [IMM 5495]   (PDF, 99 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)
• Use of a Representative [IMM 5476]  (PDF, 55 KB)
• Instruction Guide [IMM 5493]

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.

• Read your instruction guide and download your application forms.
• Complete, sign and date your application forms.
• Pay the fees.
• Mail your fully completed application.