An officer will approve a refugee sponsorship application if the sponsor has enough money to carry out their settlement plan for the full duration of the undertaking and has made concrete arrangements to receive the refugee in the destination community.
(1)An officer shall approve an application referred to in paragraph 153(1)(b) if, on the basis of the documentation submitted with the application, the officer determines that (a)the sponsor has the financial resources to fulfil the settlement plan for the duration of the undertaking, unless subsection 157(1) applies; and (b)the sponsor has made adequate arrangements in anticipation of the arrival of the foreign national and their family members in the expected community of settlement.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), the duration of an undertaking is one year.
(3)An officer may, on the basis of the assessment made under paragraph 139(1)(g), require that the duration of the undertaking be more than one year but not more than three years.