Amir Ismail & Associates - Citizenship & Immigration Solutions

You got your Bill C-3 citizenship certificate this year.

Now IRCC wants it back.

This is a review, not a revocation.

There’s a real difference, and it matters for what you do next.

Don’t respond before you understand your options.

🔗 :Read the full article: https://www.amirismail.com/bill-c3-citizenship-certificate-surrender-notice-ircc/

Canada is restructuring Express Entry from the ground up.

Three separate federal programs are merging into one unified pathway, the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) is being recalibrated to weight language and earnings over weaker factors, and category-based selection is getting new occupations and stricter rules.

The reforms are expected within 12 to 18 months. Candidates who wait for the final regulations to act will be too late.

This guide covers what the reforms mean in practical terms, what I heard directly from Canadian Immigration and Citizenship (IRCC) at the CAPIC-ACCPI conference in Mississauga on May 29, 2026, and the specific steps your profile needs before the new system goes live.

Read full details here: https://www.amirismail.com/express-entry-reforms-2026-how-to-prepare/

Two days. Mississauga, CAPIC NCIC 2026.

Here is what stood out.

The Deputy Minister of IRCC, Ted Gallivan, sat down live. Unscripted. Taking questions from the room. No prepared remarks. Just honest conversation about where Canada’s immigration system is heading.

That alone was worth the trip.

But it did not stop there.

Jonathan Joshi-Koop, Director of Skilled Workers and Business at IRCC, walked through Express Entry. Category-based selection. CRS reform. Where the draws are going and why.

Sinead Tuite, Director General at ESDC, tackled the labour market pressures driving the whole system. LMIAs, employer compliance, processing realities. The picture she painted was complex. And honest.

Senior IRCC officials Tara Lang and Martin Mundel addressed Bill C-12 directly. What it signals. What it changes. What practitioners need to know now.

Glen Tetford and Laurie Pilsworth from IRCC covered Family Class. Where scrutiny is increasing and why.

From the IRB, Erin Bobkin brought the appeals perspective. IAD, RAD, and what strong case preparation actually looks like.

And the OINP sent Ernie Wheeler and Lynne Woodley to speak to where Ontario’s program is going next.

This is the level of access NCIC by CAPIC delivers every year.

Government officials. In the room. Answering real questions.

If you work in Canadian immigration and you are not at this conference, you are missing the most direct policy intelligence available to our profession.

I will be sharing key takeaways over the coming days.

Stay tuned.



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Great to be back with Amir Ismail in Mississauga to attend the National Conference of the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC). In attendance also are officials from the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada / Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada - and provincial governments - great updates, that we will be sharing shortly.

We are looking forward to attending a two days Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC) National Citizenship & Immigration Conference in Mississauga this week! Excited to reconnect with fellow advisers, mentors and mentees 💙