The IRCC Policy Tracker

Every Canadian immigration policy change. Detected, dated, cited.

IRCC issues dozens of formal policy notices a year — most practices find out after a file comes back. At Navisa we track the official sources continuously: IRPR sections, Ministerial Instructions, program updates, Express Entry rounds. This page is the public record. The weekly email is how consultants stay ahead of it.

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Recent Express Entry rounds

Most recent rounds on record from the IRCC invitation feed.

RoundDateCRS cutoffInvitations
French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2May 28, 20264094,500
General2026-06-055063,000
Healthcare and social services2026-05-294594,000
French language proficiency2026-05-253872,500
Canadian Experience Class2026-05-184973,500
STEM occupations2026-05-115012,000

Recent policy changes

Curated for substance — draw churn and procedural noise filtered out. Every entry links to the official source.

CriticalIn force · effective 2026-06-12detected Jun 13, 2026

Express Entry: Rounds of invitations - Canada.ca

IRCC updated the status notice for Express Entry French-language proficiency round #418 (May 28, 2026). The BEFORE text stated that IRCC was aware some eligible candidates had not received invitations and was reviewing the situation. The AFTER text confirms the issue has been resolved and that eligible candidates should now have received their ITAs. This is critical for any affected client: they should check their IRCC account for a newly issued ITA and be aware of the 60-day deadline to submit a complete application.

MaterialIn forcedetected Jun 12, 2026

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada - Ministerial instructions - Canada.ca

Ministerial Instructions covering temporary measures, pilot programs, and modifications to other temporary and permanent residency programs outside of Express Entry.

MaterialIn force · effective June 11, 2026detected Jun 12, 2026

Updates - Canada.ca

Two new Program Delivery Updates (PDUs) were added to the top of the PDU index on June 11, 2026, both categorised as permanent-resident (pr) and both titled "Updates to Humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) consideration pages." They are distinct documents (URL slugs ending in -4 and -2 respectively), suggesting at least two separate sets of H&C policy/procedural page revisions were published simultaneously. Consultants with H&C cases should review both new PDUs for any substantive guidance changes.

MaterialIn forcedetected May 25, 2026

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

The AFTER version appends the full inline text of the amending regulations (SOR/2020-91 s. 5 and SOR/2022-142 s. 7) directly beneath the consolidated section, which was absent in the BEFORE version. Notably, the newly surfaced SOR/2020-91 s. 5 text adds a new paragraph (h) to s. 203(1.1): an employer's good-faith error in interpreting its compliance with conditions under ss. 209.2(1)(a)(v)–(vi) or 209.3(1)(a)(vii)–(xi) is now enumerated as a factor that can make employment unlikely to have a positive or neutral labour market effect. Consultants should note this new safe-harbour/adverse-factor provision when advising employers on LMIA compliance risk.

MaterialIn forcedetected May 25, 2026

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

The AFTER version adds the full legislative text of SOR/2022-142, s. 6, which was previously cited but not reproduced. The newly displayed amendment text confirms: (1) subparagraphs 200(1)(c)(ii.1) and (iii) were formally replaced (removing section 207.1 from the offer-of-employment genuine-offer pathway and confining it to section 207); (2) subparagraph 200(3)(h)(i) was repealed (removing one employer-ineligibility ground); and (3) paragraph 200(5)(d) was replaced with identical wording. Consultants should note the formal exclusion of s. 207.1 from the genuine-offer sub-paragraph and the repeal of s. 200(3)(h)(i).

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