All About Submitting Forms

In order to sponsor a refugee or refugee family, the Canadian sponsor must complete and submit paperwork, which allows both the Resettlement Operations Centre in Ottawa (ROC-O) and the Canadian Visa Post overseas to process the case. The main application forms are the same for Sponsorship Agreement Holders (SAHs), Community Sponsors (CS) and Groups of Five (G5) however some forms are different depending on the type of sponsoring group, the type of sponsorship, and the refugee applicant’s country of origin and country of asylum.

Application Forms

Undertaking/Application to Sponsor IMM 5373

Sponsor Assessment IMM 5492

Application for Convention Refugees Abroad and Humanitarian-Protected Persons Abroad (IMM 6000):

General Application Form Additional Dependants/Declaration, if needed
Schedule A Background/Declaration
Schedule 2 Refugees Outside Canada
Any supplementary forms

Settlement Plan
SAH/CG – IMM 5440
G5 – IMM 5373A
CS – IMM 5515

Financial Profile
G5 only – IMM 5373B

Document Checklist IMM 5437

Optional:

Use of a Representative
Refugee Profile Request

All application forms and supporting documents have to be submitted together to ROC-O.

Application forms for refugee sponsorships can be found at: www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/private.asp

CS and G5-specific Documents

Photocopied proof of identity

PR status IMM1000/5292 or PR card, or
Canadian birth certificate, Canadian passport, or Canadian citizenship card.

Proof of income

Proof of bank or trust account holding funds
Most recent T4 or Notice of Assessment
Most recent T1 or letter from accountant confirming annual income, if self-employed
Proof of income from other sources including pension and investment income, etc.

Proof of refugee status recognition by either the state or the UNHCR in the country of asylum (e.g. Mandate letter certificate).