Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Resettlement from outside Canada: Source country class
You are in the Source Country Class if you:
- live in a country that has been named a source country of refugees
- live in your home country
- have been, and continue to be, seriously and personally affected by civil war or armed conflict
- have lost the right of freedom of expression, the right of dissent or the right to engage in trade union activity, and have been detained or imprisoned as a result
- fear persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion
- cannot find an adequate solution to the situation within a reasonable period of time and
- will be assisted by the Government of Canada, be privately sponsored or have the funds needed to support yourself and your dependants after you arrive in Canada.
Referrals
Private sponsorship groups identify and refer refugees from source countries designated by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). In unusual cases, people can apply directly for resettlement in Canada through the Source Country Class.
A Canadian visa officer then decides whether a person meets the requirements of Canada’s Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, and if the person will be admitted to Canada.
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Canada-Quebec Accord
Under the Canada-Quebec Accord, the Quebec government selects the refugees who will settle in Quebec. CIC is responsible for determining whether a person selected abroad qualifies as a refugee based on Canadian immigration regulations.
For more information on Quebec’s refugee selection program and the process that Quebec uses to select refugees, go to the Related Links section at the bottom of this page.
