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Initial Activities

Once your Core Team of at least 5 individuals is in place, you are ready for these next steps that will walk you through the different roles of Core Team members.

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Core team structure

Forming a Core Team

Once you decide you'd like to sponsor a refugee family, one of the first things to be done will be to assemble a Core Team. Each sponsoring group must function with a minimum of five dedicated members who will oversee the sponsorship…
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Budget Planning

A Minimum Support Calculator for sponsors has been created by the Canadian government to calculate the financial support required. On top of the IRCC minimum amount, your SAH will add slightly higher monthly support and a contingency…
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Settlement Planning

Settlement planning is one of the more time consuming tasks of a sponsorship undertaking. IRCC needs to see that every facet of resettlement has been considered and that there is a plan in place with enough flexibility that the task will…
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Post-Submission Processing

After submission to the SAH will get an email confirming the application has been received. The first stage is a completeness check. Once the application has been deemed complete a "G number" will be assigned to the file. Now, the…

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