Canada Gazette Part II officially publishes final regulations under IRPA and the Citizenship Act, establishing administrative monetary penalties up to $1.5 million and a public non-compliance registry for unauthorized immigration advice.

Bill C-12 introduces a one-year eligibility bar that removes claimants from the RPD system entirely. Here is what every immigration practitioner needs to understand about the mechanics, the policy context, and the constitutional challenge now being prepared.

Every immigration file passes through two distinct gates: eligibility and admissibility. NCIC 2026's screening session revealed how IRCC applies different legal thresholds across Sections 34–40 of IRPA — and what that means for how practitioners build their files.