Application for permanent residence for the person you are sponsoring
Suspension of the acceptance of undertaking applications
- The acceptance for undertaking applications under collective sponsorship has been suspended until December 31, 2029;
- Certain exceptions apply (see Ministerial Order, in French only)
- The ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI) will continue to examine undertaking applications already submitted. Sponsored refugees who have already been selected by Québec will also be able to continue their immigration process towards permanent residence.
Once your undertaking application is accepted, you must submit an application for permanent residence for the individual you are sponsoring and their accompanying family members. The applications must be made with the Government of Canada.
Your spokesperson will receive instructions on how to submit this application in a message on their Arrima account, once you have received the decision to accept your undertaking application.
The Government of Canada is responsible for:
- determining whether the people you sponsor can be recognized as refugees or people in a country of asylum
- granting permanent residence or not to the people you sponsor by applying its health criteria and security and crime controls.
Consult the website of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for details concerning the submission and examination of residence applications.
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Contact the ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: from 8:00 to 16:00
Wednesday: from 10:00 to 16:30
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Greater Montréal: 514-864-9191
Elsewhere in Québec (Toll free): 1-877-864-9191
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Last update: November 19, 2025