IFSSA is working as constituency group with the Mennonite Central Committee and Catholic Social Services to submit sponsorship applications. Both of these organizations have agreements with the Government of Canada to privately sponsor refugees.
Currently, all of IFSSA’s efforts are put forth by volunteers. Because of this, we are unable to process large amounts of applications in a short period of time. We currently have a backlog of applications which means that sponsorships can take months before they are processed by the government.