Aug 29, 2016 – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada frequently publishes immigration policy manuals for its personnel to provide guidance in the exercise of their functions. Below we include annotated summaries of Canada immigration policy manuals.

This section contains details on policy, procedures and guidance that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) staff typically use. The authorities have posted this on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) website as a courtesy to stakeholders.

Sections A25 and A25.1 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) provide details on applications that merit humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) consideration. This provides officers with the flexibility to grant permanent residence status or a permanent resident visa to certain foreign nationals in cases where the officers feel that compelling humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) grounds exist. Without this flexibility, these foreign nationals would probably not qualify in any class. To avail of this, applicants would need to make submissions on any facts that affect their personal circumstances. It is worth mentioning that these facts presented by the applicants would need to be relevant to the applicants’ requests for humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) considerations.

• Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) Considerations – Assessment and Processing
• Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) Consideration – Intake and Who Might Apply
• Humanitarian and Compassionate Consideration – Processing in-Canada Applications
• Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) Consideration – Dealing with Inadmissibility
• Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) Consideration – The Excessive Demand on Health and Social Services
• Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) Consideration – The Assessment of Applicants’ Submissions
• H&C consideration – Recording the Reasons for a H&C Decision