Humanitarian program for Afghan nationals in need of resettlement: Who is eligible
1. About the program
2. Who may be eligible
3. How the program works
Eligibility
To be eligible for this program you must meet all of the following requirements:
you’re an Afghan national
you’re outside of Afghanistan
you don’t have a durable solution in a third country and
you’re part of one of the following groups:
women leaders
human rights advocates
persecuted religious or ethnic minorities
LGBTI individuals
journalists and those who helped Canadian journalists
What to do if you think you might be eligible
You should register for refugee status with either the
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
government of the country in which you now live
To resettle in Canada as either a government-assisted refugee or a privately sponsored refugee, you need to be:
referred by one of the following
the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
the government of the country in which you now live
one of the other organizations we’re working with for this program
identified by a private sponsor
We’re also prioritizing applications of eligible immediate family members joining Afghans currently in Canada.