Temporary residence
Visitor visa, eTA, and Super Visa on Visit. TFWP if an LMIA is required, IMP if it is not. IRCC still decides the permit.
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The Canadian immigration system, unredacted.
IRCC publishes the rules. Unredacted explains what they mean in real life.
Find your likely pathway, understand the form in front of you, or use five free tools built for people doing this themselves.
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Permanent residence
FSW, CEC, FST, the category layer, and a PNP index.
Open Permanent residenceRefusals and status problems
Start with the refusal letter. Then read the officer notes beside it.
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CRS Calculator
Score a profile against the published CRS grid. Job-offer CRS points are already gone. This is a calculator, not a draw prediction.
Source: IRCC CRS criteria
Open calculator →Express Entry Draw Explorer
Official cut-offs and volumes. Data, not a prediction.
Source: IRCC ee_rounds JSON
Open draw explorer →NOC 2021 Helper
Compare official main duties and the lead statement. A title search only starts the hunt.
Source: ESDC NOC 2021
Open NOC helper →Featured guides
Work permits · Aug 23, 2026
Baseless work permit extensions: when pre-emptive filing is defensible
Some premature work permit extensions are pure delay tactics. Others respond to a real timing gap. Learn the difference, the risks and what happens when IRCC refuses.
ATIP · Aug 23, 2026
How to use Day 31.
How to prepare an OIC delay complaint with Day 31 when IRCC misses 30 days on an Access Act request. You still send it.
Permanent residence · Aug 22, 2026
PR Confirmation Portal: P1, P2, eCOPR and travel
Understand IRCC's P1 and P2 emails, when you become a permanent resident, what to do if you are outside Canada, and how travel can go wrong.
Express Entry · Aug 21, 2026
Express Entry and CRS basics in 2026
How the Express Entry pool, CRS score, and 2026 invitation rounds work, including general, program-specific, and category-based draws.
Express Entry · Aug 21, 2026
How to assess your NOC
A duties-first method for choosing a NOC 2021 unit group. Match the work that was actually done, then the lead statement. Employment requirements and Job Bank wages confirm. They do not pick the code.
ATIP · Aug 21, 2026
How to request your IRCC file and GCMS notes
Choose the right ATIP route, request GCMS notes, application documents and correspondence from IRCC, and protect your rights when the response is late.
Latest intelligence
Official newsroom items and Express Entry rounds. Open the Canada.ca link before you act.
Sep 8, 2026 IRCC newsroom news releases
The Government of Canada extends the federal fuel excise tax relief on gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels for Canadians
The world is changing rapidly. The United States is imposing new tariffs on Canada, designed to hurt and divide us. At the same time, conflicts in Europe and the Middle East are driving up prices around the world. In response, Canada’s government is focused on what we can control: building a stronger, more independent and more affordable country.
Sep 8, 2026 IRCC newsroom news releases
Minister Metlege Diab highlights the extension of federal fuel excise tax relief on gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels for Canadians
The world is changing rapidly. The United States is imposing new tariffs on Canada, designed to hurt and divide us. At the same time, conflicts in Europe and the Middle East are driving up prices around the world. In response, Canada’s government is focused on what we can control: building a stronger, more independent and more affordable country.
Sep 4, 2026 IRCC Express Entry rounds Express Entry draw
Express Entry draw 441: Healthcare and Social Services Occupations, 2026-Version 3
Category-based. 3,500 invitations. Lowest CRS invited: 475.
Snapshot Sep 9, 2026
Government information should not need decoding.
Critical immigration information is scattered across forms, instructions, program pages, datasets and internal records. Unredacted brings it together, explains the practical consequence and builds tools that help you act. We read the fine print. Then we tell you what it actually means. Independent of IRCC. Published by SJP Immigration Inc. Official rules, practical judgment and opinion should always be visually distinguishable.
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