Completed Access to Information Requests

Request Number:
1A-2025-16284
June 2026
Summary:

IRCC: Please provide records from March 11, 2025 to March 11, 2026 relating to IRCC's monitoring, analysis, or discussion of Procedural Fairness Letters (PFLs) in Express Entry permanent residence applications, including: briefing notes, decks, internal Q&As, and analytical summaries discussing PFL volumes, common reasons, trends, or outcomes; internal communications (emails/meeting notes) discussing the feasibility of producing a report on PFL reasons and outcomes, including any limitations of GCMS/OBMS data fields and any proposals to improve tracking/reporting; and any documentation describing the internal categorization of PFL reasons (templates, codes, standardized reasons, or guidance). any discussion in emails/meeting notes/etc for current past or growing/upcoming trends being noticed for issuing or the need of PFL.

Disposition:
Disclosed in part
Pages:
9
Organization:
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada