{"id":22821,"date":"2025-04-07T14:17:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/?p=22821"},"modified":"2025-05-01T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:39:56","slug":"temporary-public-policy-to-facilitate-the-sponsorship-of-sudanese-refugees-by-groups-of-five-and-community-sponsors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/refugee-sponsorship\/latest-policy-program-update\/temporary-public-policy-to-facilitate-the-sponsorship-of-sudanese-refugees-by-groups-of-five-and-community-sponsors\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Intake Now Closed &#8211; Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate the Sponsorship of Sudanese Refugees by Groups of Five and Community Sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Update from Thursday May 1st 2025 @ 1 PM EDT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)<\/strong> have announced that the application intake for the Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate the Sponsorship of Sudanese Refugees by Groups of Five and Community Sponsors is <strong>now closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IRCC are currently reviewing applications received through the portal for completeness on a first-in, first-out basis. They will send out <strong>Acknowledgements of Receipt letters<\/strong> by email to the first 160 applications that are determined to be complete and accepted into processing. The <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canada.ca%2Fen%2Fimmigration-refugees-citizenship%2Fcorporate%2Fmandate%2Fpolicies-operational-instructions-agreements%2Fpublic-policies%2Fsudan-sponsorship-psr.html&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csshahsiah%40rstp.ca%7C2bcaa769a2cf42afce3c08dd88cc48e0%7Ca5827fca282b40a69875772ff7768431%7C0%7C0%7C638817133182522352%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BrwGWl0jo%2FWua2TehjFfpW4ozWd0AKs4LS05R4ubSUU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">public policy<\/a> will expire after 160 applications have been accepted into processing.<\/p>\n<p>Incomplete applications and those not accepted into processing will be returned.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Update from April 7th 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting April 30, 2025, IRCC will accept 160 applications from Groups of Five and Community Sponsors to sponsor Sudanese refugees without a refugee status document. Please note, Sudanese refugees who do have a Refugee Status Document (RSD) may also apply under this Temporary Public Policy (TPP).<\/p>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\"><strong>IRCC will only accept new applications from Groups of Five and Community Sponsors for Sudanese refugees. <\/strong>You cannot submit new Group of Five or Community Sponsor applications for other refugee populations as there is a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/news\/notices\/temporary-pause-intake-refugee-sponsorship-applications-groups-five-community-sponsors.html\">temporary pause in effect until December 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further information is available at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/sudan2023\/resettlement.html\">Resettling Sudanese nationals affected by the crisis in Sudan &#8211; Canada.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Details on training sessions related to this temporary public policy can be found below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RSTP&#8217;s past training sessions on this topic:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Webinar: &#8216;Ask RSTP Anything About the PR Portal &#8211; for G5\/CS who are Applying Under the Temporary Public Policy for Sudanese Refugees (EN)&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>English language session:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, April 28, 7:00 PM &#8211; 9:00 PM (EDT). Register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/3472430790695903061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/3472430790695903061<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Webinar: &#8216;Ask RSTP Anything about Sponsoring Sudanese refugees under the Temporary Public Policy for Groups of Five and Community Sponsors&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>English language session:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, April 26, 1:00 PM &#8211; 2:30 PM (EDT). Register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/3800631713052609115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/3800631713052609115<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Arabic language session:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, April 25, 6:30 PM &#8211; 8:00 PM (EDT). Register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/DSircQC7T0qolMpmyF4Zzw#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/DSircQC7T0qolMpmyF4Zzw#\/registration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>______________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Webinar: &#8216;Sponsoring Sudanese refugees under the Temporary Public Policy for Groups of Five and Community Sponsors&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>IRCC has announced a temporary public policy that enables <em><strong>Groups of Five and Community Sponsors<\/strong><\/em> to sponsor Sudanese refugees, including refugees who do not have a refugee status document issued by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), or a foreign state, which formally recognizes the applicant as a refugee. Please note, Sudanese refugees with a Refugee Status Document (RSD) may also apply under this Temporary Public Policy (TPP)<\/p>\n<p>RSTP is inviting all interested sponsorship groups to attend this training session and learn more about this temporary public policy, sponsorship application process, eligibility criteria and sponsors&#8217; responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The training session will cover the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The details of the temporary public policy<\/li>\n<li>Who can sponsor under this temporary public policy<\/li>\n<li>Who can be sponsored under this temporary public policy<\/li>\n<li>What are sponsors\u2019 financial and settlement responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>How to apply<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Schedule: <\/strong>(Please note, the information presented in each of the training sessions below is the same.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>English language session: (Recording available by request, please email sshahsiah@rstp.ca to request access)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 PM \u2013 8:30 PM EDT.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, April 17, 9:00 PM \u2013 11:00 PM EDT.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 PM \u2013 3:00 PM EDT.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, April 14, 6:00 PM \u2013 8:00 PM EDT.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, \u00a0April 12, 1:00 PM \u2013 3:00 PM EDT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Arabic language session: (Recording available by request, please email sshahsiah@rstp.ca to request access)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, April 11, 12:00 PM \u2013 2:00 PM EDT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update from Thursday May 1st 2025 @ 1 PM EDT Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) have announced that the application intake for the Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","passster_activate_protection":false,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22821"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22934,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22821\/revisions\/22934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}