{"id":237,"date":"2023-03-03T08:38:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T08:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:24:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:24:34","slug":"complementary-pathways","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/resettlement-and-other-options-for-the-future\/complementary-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Other ways of moving to another country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fdf799\"><strong>ATTENTION! All UNHCR services are FREE of charge!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Complementary pathways<\/strong> are avenues for refugees to <strong>lawfully stay in a third country<\/strong> where their international <strong>protection needs are met<\/strong>. Refugees who are given legal access to a third country can gradually attain a more sustainable permanent status. Below are some types of complementary pathways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Private sponsorship<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some third countries a group of individuals or organizations can help sponsor refugees to travel to that country legally. An example of this option is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/publications-manuals\/guide-private-sponsorship-refugees-program\/section-2.html\">Canada\u2019s long-established private sponsorship&nbsp;programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Requirements for these options vary from country to country. You can find more information on sponsorship&nbsp;programme&nbsp;at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeesponsorship.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/refugeesponsorship.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should find the sponsors by yourself and UNHCR is not able to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After your sponsors submit the application for you to the third country, the information exchange will be between you or your sponsors and the third country directly, not through UNHCR.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Family reunification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The countries listed below offer family reunification opportunities for refugees. If you have a relative in any of these countries and you would like to understand how they can assist you in joining them through a family reunification programme, click on the respective country name for more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/australia-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Australia\" class=\"wp-image-444\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/australia\/family-reunification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/Canada-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-463\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/canada\/family-reunification\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/finland-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-461\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/finland\/how-to-apply-for-family-reunification\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Finland<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/france-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447\" style=\"width:75px;height:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/france\/la-reunification-et-le-regroupement-familial-e\/\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/germany-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/germany\/family-reunification\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Germany<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/italy-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-451\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/family\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Italy<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/netherlands-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/netherlands\/family-reunification\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Netherlands<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/sweden-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-457\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/family\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sweden<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/switzerland-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" style=\"width:82px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/other-admission-to-switzerland\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Switzerland<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/united-kingdom-480x315-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-455\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/uk\/family-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/08\/USA-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-465\" style=\"width:75px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United States of America<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Employment opportunities: Talent Beyond Boundaries<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) is a non-profit organization that connects refugees with international employment opportunities so that they may work in countries where they can access full rights and stability. They are committed to opening labour mobility pathways for refugees and other displaced people. TBB does not work on refugee resettlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talentbeyondboundaries.org\/?p=crs\">Visit the Talent Beyond Boundaries website for more information.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Education opportunities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/services.unhcr.org\/opportunities\/search?\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/services.unhcr.org\/opportunities\/search?\">UNHCR\u2019s Scholarships Opportunities platform<\/a> helps you to find accredited higher education academic or scholarship programmes verified by UNHCR to allow you to pursue advanced study, skills and professional development worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATTENTION! All UNHCR services are FREE of charge! Complementary pathways are avenues for refugees to lawfully stay in a third country where their international protection needs are met. Refugees who are given legal access to a third country can gradually attain a more sustainable permanent status. Below are some types of complementary pathways: Private sponsorship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":184,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/488"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}