To sponsor a refugee and their family, you must live near or have representatives in the planned settlement community, submit a full settlement plan with an undertaking, and either have a sponsorship agreement with the government or provide official UNHCR or foreign-state documentation confirming the refugee's status.
(1)153 (1) In order to sponsor a foreign national and their family members who are members of a class prescribed by Division 1, a sponsor
(1.1)(1.1) Paragraphs 13(1)(a) and (b) do not apply to the document referred to in paragraph (1)(b) issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or a foreign state.
(1.2)(1.2) If the foreign national has chosen to have their application for a permanent resident visa attached to the sponsorship application in accordance with paragraph 140.2(1)(b), the sponsor must send the sponsorship application and the application for a permanent resident visa to the Department’s Case Processing Centre in Canada for processing those applications.
(2)(2) The undertaking referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall be signed by each party to the sponsorship.
(3)(3) All parties to the undertaking are jointly and severally or solidarily liable.
(4)(4) A party or a sponsor who defaults on an undertaking ceases to be in default