Next Steps

Team resources and required forms as you start the Sponsorship journey. If you haven't yet, be sure to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.the AGC's SAH representatives to confirm we have space. BVOR and JAS cases can be sponsored anytime as these undertakings do not count toward our allocations.

This 25 page document includes 3 documents in one:

  • the AGC Sponsor Financial Guidelines,
  • IRCC's Appendix A and
  • IRCC's Frequently Asked Questions which addresses every conceivable scenario related to refugee sponsorship.

This resource is useful for reference both when considering the motion to approve refugee sponsorship as a ministry of the church,  when working through the budget and finances of sponsoring a specific family, and again once the family arrives and settlement is underway.

The church board, Core Team Lead and the Core Team finance person will all benefit from having a copy.

Mou clipThis Memorandum of Understanding is a non-binding agreement between a sponsorship group, a co-sponsor and the SAH, outlining the terms and details of a particular sponsorship undertaking, including each parties' requirements and responsibilities. It expresses a convergence of will between the three parties indicating a common line of action for the sponsorship of a particular refugee and his or her immediate family. 

As a SAH with IRCC, the AGC is responsible for prescreening applicants for eligibility and admissibility. As required by the SAH, every Principal Applicant must be pre-screened before an application will be submitted to ROC-O.

This form is for potential sponsoring groups who will be working with a local family member or friend of a refugee, and are in the process of establishing that the Principal Applicant is indeed eligible and admissible as a sponsored refugee to Canada. As a Word document, this form can either be completed on-line once "enable editing" has been chosen, or it can be printed and completed on paper.

As a SAH with IRCC, the AGC is responsible for prescreening applicants for eligibility and admissibility. As required by the SAH, every Principal Applicant must be pre-screened before an application will be submitted to ROC-O.

This form is for potential sponsoring groups who have identified a refugee family for sponsorship and are in the process of establishing that the Principal Applicant is indeed eligible and admissible as a sponsored refugee to Canada. As a Word document, it can either be completed on-line once "enable editing" has been chosen, or it can be printed and completed on paper.

A sample motion for affirming refugee sponsorship as a ministry of the church and to approve establishing  a refugee fund.

This document is intended to provide you with a sample overview of the types of roles you may want to assign to your committee members. Each sponsoring group must function with a minimum of five committee members who will oversee and be honorably committed to the preparation time and the full year of sponsorship undertaking.

This is one of the documents required by the SAH confirming the commitment to sponsor a family and the partnership of the church as a whole, along with the Core Team, to see the sponsorship process through to completion.

 
 
Powered by Phoca Download

"I cannot do everything, but I must not do nothing."

- Baronness Caroline Cox

Copyright © 2023 Associated Gospel Churches