Lets the Minister sign a standing agreement with an organization that sponsors refugees regularly, which speeds up how its applications get handled. The agreement has to cover settlement plans, the money required, what help the department will provide, the conduct expected of the sponsor, reporting duties, and what would suspend or cancel the whole arrangement. Groups without such an agreement can still sponsor, they just have to supply the refugee status documentation themselves.
(1)The Minister may enter into a sponsorship agreement with a sponsor for the purpose of facilitating the processing of sponsorship applications.
(2)A sponsorship agreement shall include provisions relating to (a)settlement plans; (b)financial requirements; (c)assistance to be provided by the Department; (d)the standard of conduct expected of the sponsor; (e)reporting requirements; and (f)the grounds for suspending or cancelling the agreement.