Immigration

  • June 22, 2026

    Feds introduce new regulations to modernize asylum process

    The federal government has published proposed regulations to implement recent asylum reforms introduced through the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act (Bill C-12).

  • June 22, 2026

    Can IRCC revoke or suspend Bill C-3 citizenship-by-descent certificates?

    Imagine opening your mail to find the Government of Canada demanding the immediate surrender of your validly issued citizenship certificate. For a growing number of self-represented individuals who recently secured their status by descent — particularly following the implementation of Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025) — this bureaucratic nightmare is now a startling reality.

  • June 22, 2026

    U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding: Authority, binding nature, implications for Iranians

    The Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MOU), signed on or about June 17, 2026, between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran (with Pakistan as mediator/witness), marks a temporary ceasefire following months of conflict. Titled the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the 14-point document creates an extendable 60-day negotiating period for a final comprehensive agreement. The full text is attached as Exhibit A below.

  • June 22, 2026

    Manitoba King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal nominated for Supreme Court western vacancy

    Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, widely reputed in recent years to be a leading candidate for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, has been nominated to fill the western vacancy that opened up with the May 30 retirement of Supreme Court of Canada Justice Sheilah Martin, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on June 22.

  • June 17, 2026

    IRCC updates crisis-response processing instructions

    On June 9, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated its Program Delivery Instructions (PDIs) for in-Canada temporary special measures related to Haiti, Palestine, Sudan and Ukraine: Program delivery update: Crisis Response Temporary Measures.

  • June 15, 2026

    Federal Court discloses first decision on cyber ‘threat reduction measures’ in malware botnet case

    The Federal Court has explained why two years ago it secretly issued the first cyber “threat reduction measures warrant” to enable the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to protect domestic critical infrastructure and reduce the threat from two unnamed “foreign adversaries” that had infected with malware certain Canadian servers, small office or home office routers and “Internet of Things” devices (such as Ring video doorbells, security cameras, televisions and other Wi-Fi-enabled appliances).

  • June 11, 2026

    Supreme Court of Canada says it’s business as usual while judges & staff move to temporary facilities

    The Supreme Court of Canada says it will continue to provide the bar, litigants and the public with all its usual services from its historic courthouse in Ottawa while its judges and registry staff undertake a phased move to the court’s temporary facilities across the street during the months of July and August.

  • June 11, 2026

    Senate passes bill to designate November as national immigration month

    The Senate has passed Bill S-215, the National Immigration Month Act, which would designate November as National Immigration Month in Canada to recognize the role of immigrants in the country’s history and development.

  • June 11, 2026

    Am I a U.S. citizen if I was born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent?

    The United States constitution defines a U.S. citizen as any individual who is a citizen of the United States by law, birth or naturalization. But this isn’t always as clear as it may seem, as some individuals — particularly those born abroad to one or more U.S. citizen parents — may or may not be considered a U.S. citizen, sometimes without even knowing it.

  • June 10, 2026

    Top judge backs Jordan juggernaut, warns bar against filing fake AI-generated precedents in court

    The Supreme Court’s controversial Jordan decision, which has sparked the dismissal of thousands of cases due to unconstitutional trial delay, is still good law, but stays of proceedings are not a cure for undue systemic trial delay, Canada’s top judge says. “One stay of proceedings is too many,” Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner stressed at his annual press conference in Ottawa June 9.