The Federal Government’s Community Support Program (CSP) aims to help people applying for humanitarian visas (CSP visa) to settle in Australia. Australian businesses, families and individuals can offer employment through the scheme, and community organisations can offer settlement support.
As an Approved Proposing Organisation (APO) under the program, SSI can propose individuals in humanitarian situations overseas to take part in the Community Support Program in Australia. Our goal is to support potential humanitarian applicants who have eligible supporters for successful resettlement in Australia. We aim for them to become financially independent and have meaningful lives in Australia within a year of their arrival.
CSP Processing and Lodgement Status
Only a limited number of visas are granted under the Community Support Program (CSP) each year. The program remains heavily oversubscribed, resulting in extended processing times. Processing may take eight years or longer, and all applicants should expect lengthy processing timeframes.
To help manage the significant backlog of applications, the Department of Home Affairs has tightly controlled the number of applications that Approved Proposing Organisations (APOs) can lodge.
At present, SSI has not been allocated any places to lodge visa applications from our existing on-hand caseload.
This means SSI is currently unable to submit further CSP visa applications. We do not yet know when SSI will receive any future allocations or what arrangements will apply moving forward.
Due to these constraints, SSI continues to pause accepting new Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and lodging new visa applications under the CSP.
Other Approval Processing Organisations (APO’s) can be found here.
Please direct any enquiries relating to applications which have already been lodged to csp@ssi.org.au
How we help
Expression of Interest (EOI)
Kindly note that SSI has reached capacity for this program. We will not be accepting new applications under the Community Support (CSP) Program.
For further information on the Community Support Program, please visit the Department of Home Affairs.