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1 How to Sponsor Refugees, Escapees, Expellees, Orphans, and Relatives under the U.S. Refugee Relief Program 1 (1955)

handle is hein.immigration/hwspreco0001 and id is 1 raw text is: HOW TO SPONSOR REFUGEES, ESCAPEES, EXPELLEES, ORPHANS, AND RELATIVES UNDER THE U.S. REFUGEE RELIEF PROGRAM REFUGEE RELIEF PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. A sponsor is required before any migrant may be brought to the United States under the Refugee Relief Act of 1953. The sponsor furnishes an assurance that the refugee will have employment, housing, and will not become a public charge. The assurance, which must be signed by an American citizen (the sponsor), is sent overseas to be matched with the appropriate visa appli- cation filed with a United States consul by the would-be migrant. The coming together of assurance and visa application starts the action that may result in the issuance of a visa permitting the migrant to become a permanent resident of the United States. An assurance is not considered a legal contract binding the sponsor. Rather it imposes a moral obligation on his part. Assurances are prepared on special forms. The forms differ depend- ing upon whethier for refugee, orphan, or relative and whether the sponsor is giving the assurance with or without the assistance of a voluntary agency in handling the case. Thirty agencies experienced in immigration and resettlement are recognized by the Department of State for coopera- tion in the Refugee Relief Program. HOW TO SPONSOR A REFUGEE, ESCAPEE, OR EXPELLEE WITH TEE ASSISTANCE OF A VOLUNTARY AGENCY An assurance for a refugee, escapee, or expellee, whether known or unknown to the sponsor, given with the endorsement of a recognized volun- tary agency, is prepared on State Department form DSR-8. The form may be obtained from the agency. It is prepared in six copies, one of which is retained by the sponsor. Five copies are sent to the agency- (The recognized agencies are listed elsewhere in this pamphlet. The sponsor may select the one of his choice.) When an assurance is endorsed by a recognized agency, much of the supporting documentation otherwise re- quired of a sponsor need not be submitted. Submission of an assurance through a voluntary agency accords the sponsor the assistance of the agency in making out forms. Some of these agencies have overseas representatives who can also assist the visa ap- plicant and help in arrangements, after a visa has been issued, for travel to the United States destination.

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