Temporary Pause on Intake of Refugee Sponsorship Applications from Groups of Five and Community Sponsors
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has temporarily stopped accepting new applications from Groups of Five and Community Sponsors under the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) program as of November 29, 2024.
While this measure will remain in effect until December 31, 2025, IRCC will continue to process PSR applications already received prior to November 29, 2024 and to resettle sponsored refugees to Canada. As per the recently released Multi-year Immigration Levels Plan, in 2025, Canada aims to welcome 23,000 privately sponsored refugees.