Resettlement: Program delivery partners – roles and responsibilities

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This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.

Branches and offices within IRCC

Resettlement and Asylum Strategic Operations Branch (RASO)
- Resettlement Services Assurance Team (RSAT)
International Network
- Migration offices
- Resettlement Operations Division
- Resettlement Operations Centre, Ottawa (ROC-O)
Operations Planning and Performance Branch (OPPB)
Domestic Network: Local offices within Canada
Settlement Network (SN)
- Resettlement Operations Directorate (SN-ROD)
- Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) offices

Partners outside of IRCC

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Sponsorship Agreement Holder Council
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
HIAS
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI)
RefugePoint
Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP)
Resettlement Assistance Program service provider organizations (RAP SPOs)
Settlement service provider organizations (SPOs)
Sponsorship Agreement Holders
United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR)

Cases for priority or special processing

Considerations for assessing and processing special or priority case groups, which i nclude cases referred for urgent protection, vulnerable cases, public policies, applicants who are persecuted on a particular basis (for example, women at risk, sexual orientation or gender identity expression) and other groups requiring special attention.

Resettlement: Program delivery partners – Roles and responsibilities

Key partners within and outside IRCC and their respective responsibilities regarding resettlement.