Guide to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program

2. Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program

2.2 Who may not be sponsored?

The following persons do not qualify for private sponsorship:

• People already in Canada. Such persons seeking Canada’s protection as refugees should contact their local Citizenship and Immigration Centre for information on how to make a refugee claim.
• People who were the subject of a previous sponsorship application and were refused, unless
  • their circumstances have changed;
  • new information, which was not presented in the previous application, has come to light; or
  • Canadian laws affecting the case have changed.
• People deemed to be Convention refugees by another country and allowed to live there permanently.
• People who fled persecution or civil war some time ago but can now integrate into the country where they are residing or can return home safely.

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