How to Apply
Sponsor a Refugee You Know
You co-sponsor a refugee or refugee family (up to 10 people) at a time. The individual(s) listed on your sponsorship application can be of any nationality but must meet the definition of a refugee under U.S. law and all of the following criteria:
They live outside their home country
They do not currently live in the United States
If you are applying to sponsor more than one person, all refugees must currently live in the same country and plan to live in the same household once they resettle to the United States
They live in Mexico or Colombia currently
They are at least 18 yeras old
They have not been previously denied resettlement to the USA
The refugee is not from the following countries:
Afghanistan
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Burma
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic People's Republic of Kora
Denmark
Eritrea
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Haiti
Hungary
Iceland
Iran
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Libya
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Somalia
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Yemen