Canada Settlement Plan | What Should the Settlement Plan Include?

What is a settlement plan? 

A settlement plan can be defined as a plan that describes how an immigrant community or a primary refugee will settle in Canada with the help of their relatives or group members during the sponsorship. In other words, the settlement plan is the basic framework of all the steps that need to be considered to assist and guide the sponsored immigrant community to settle in Canada. The settlement plan covers the entire process and duration of the sponsorship after the immigrants arrive in Canada.

The settlement plan proposes details such as who will do what, when, and how to prepare their move and settlement in Canada. Hence, it can be elucidated that a settlement plan is a guide for the designated sponsor group to summarize how the immigrants and refugees intend to accept and understand the settlement assistance and support offered by them.

One of the essential responsibilities of the private sponsors is to prepare a completed settlement agreement or a plan, which clearly outlines how the sponsors will support the immigrant and refugee newcomers to establish themselves successfully in the new country.

Who has to submit the settlement plan? (And) To whom should it be submitted? 

As a part of the private sponsorship application program, all the private sponsor groups have to submit a settlement agreement/ plan to the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which will assess the settlement plan to understand which task will be done by the sponsor group to assist the sponsored immigrants and refugees to establish in Canada. The IRCC will also evaluate if the sponsors are entirely capable of supporting and fulfilling the financial obligations of the immigrant community and refugees.

• Sponsorship agreement holders (SAH). They have a mutual agreement with the Canadian government to guide immigrants and refugees when they visit Canada.
  • Constituent groups (who work with SAH to sponsor the immigrants and refugees under SAH’s agreement)
• Group of Five (five or more Canadians who sponsor immigrant and refugees to establish in their communities)
• Organizations, Corporations, or Associations that sponsor immigrants and refugees will fall under the Community sponsors.

To conclude, submitting the settlement plan application, the sponsor group members and the principal immigrant/refugee should thoroughly check and verify all the details for a better settlement experience in Canada.