IRCC ATIP Intelligence Index: Previously Released Immigration Records

A curated research index of completed Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Access to Information request summaries published by the Government of Canada, organized for immigration-policy and practitioner research.

Part of the MAK Immigration Data Observatory research system.

Research by: Usman Khalil, RCIC R709592 | CPA Ontario C83028834 | ORCID 0009-0006-5104-2472.

Search coverage captured in the MVP

These are search-coverage observations recorded during the 26 September 2026 research batch, not counts of unique policy documents or disclosure packages reviewed by MAK.

Curated IRCC completed-ATI index

Highest-priority packages to request (contents not reviewed)

These are acquisition targets identified from the completed-request summaries. They are not presented as packages already possessed or reviewed by MAK. The list holds ten of the eleven P1 rows; A-2024-19240, a request for a document list or first-page screenshots, is not ranked here. Page counts are the figures in the Government of Canada file for IRCC, data as of 3 November 2026.

1. A-2025-58066 (654 pages) – Express Entry officer training and SOPs. Request asked for officer manuals, SOPs and assessment guides for FSW, CEC and FST; 654 pages released in part; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
2. 1A-2025-01280 (19 pages) – Express Entry category planning. Request named a specific briefing note on 2026 Express Entry categories; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
3. 1A-2025-16284 (9 pages) – Procedural fairness trends in Express Entry. Request asked for records on PFL volumes, reasons, trends and outcomes; 9 pages released in part; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
4. A-2025-16813 (55 pages) – Misrepresentation officer training and tools. Request asked for s.40 officer training, SOPs and internal tools; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
5. A-2025-16826 (34 pages) – Misrepresentation policy interpretation. Request asked for policy-interpretation records on materiality and intent; scope differs from A-2025-16813; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
6. A-2024-28109 (60 pages) – CEC processing and finalization documents. Request asked for four documents on processing and finalizing CEC applications; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
7. 2A-2024-05353 (107 pages) – Transport-category CRS / certificate-of-qualification guidance. Request asked for internal records on MELT claimed as a certificate of qualification for CRS points in Transport draws #264, #277 and #289; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
8. A-2025-07391 (2 pages) – Remote foreign work while physically in Canada. Request asked for clarification and internal guidance on remote foreign work done while in Canada; 2 pages, all disclosed; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
9. A-2021-22873 (188 pages) – Chinook manuals. Request asked for Chinook manuals; 188 pages released in part; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record
10. 1A-2023-28955 (25 pages) – Chinook 3+ user manual. Request asked for the latest Chinook user manual as of 2023; later than A-2021-22873; contents not reviewed by MAK. Government record

Methodology

The index is restricted to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada completed ATI records. Each candidate was reviewed at the Government of Canada record level and retained when its request summary pointed to reusable policy, operational, statistical or processing topics. Similar requests were kept only where their scope was materially distinct.

Priority definitions: Priorities are MAK’s judgment from the request summary alone, set in the 26 September 2026 version and not reassigned since; contents not reviewed. P1 = generally requests bearing on national policy or operations, or for manuals or briefing material. P2 = generally narrower or more specialized requests, including some that ask for manuals or briefing notes (A-2025-50148, 2A-2023-02896). P3 = secondary or geographically narrow request. The categories overlap.

Package-status vocabulary: Indexed – package not yet requested; Requested – awaiting package; Received – not yet reviewed; Reviewed – findings added. In the files, the first status appears as copy_status “NOT SUBMITTED” and package_received “No”.

Cite this resource

Usman Khalil, “IRCC ATIP Intelligence Index: Previously Released Immigration Records,” MAK Canadian Immigration Services, version 2026-11-03-r3, search counts captured 26 September 2026, request details compared 3 November 2026. https://makimmigration.ca/ircc-atip-intelligence-index/. Version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23925926. All versions / latest DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23119137.

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Download the MVP dataset

The downloadable files preserve the research fields, source URLs, priority classification, copy-request status and package-receipt status used for this MVP. The buttons open the corrected files of version 2026-11-03-r3 on Zenodo.

Corrections and updates

If a source URL, request metadata, classification or package status is found to be incorrect, MAK will correct the affected row and record any material change in the change log. A package is not marked Received or Reviewed until the corresponding status is checked.

Change log

3 November 2026 (third wording correction): The summaries of A-2025-16813, A-2025-16826, A-2025-91003 and 2A-2023-38015 now follow the requests more closely. The topic of A-2024-28109 now says documents, not guidance, as the request does. The priority entry for A-2025-07391 now says what the request asked for. The priority definitions now say that priorities have not been reassigned and that the categories overlap, and the priority list now notes that A-2024-19240 is not ranked. The note on old website copies now names both the CSV and the XLSX. The Consular Repository link wording and the closing line were reworded, and the page’s dataset markup now names the creator. Request numbers, closing months, dispositions, page counts, priorities and source links did not change. Version 2026-11-03-r3, published on Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23925926), carries these changes in its files. It also changes copy_status to NOT SUBMITTED, because on 3 November 2026 the copy-request form did not appear on the record pages MAK checked, renames the Why Acquire column and tidies the XLSX Methodology sheet. The download buttons now open these files.

3 November 2026 (second wording correction): The priority entry for 2A-2024-05353 now says what the request asked for, and the entry for A-2025-16826 no longer says it may complement another package. The summaries of A-2024-19240 and 1A-2023-14584 now follow the requests more closely. The priority definitions and the retention sentence now refer to the request, not to the value of a package. The date line and citation now separate the 26 September search counts from the 3 November comparison, and the search description now names MAK as the curator. Request numbers, closing months, dispositions, page counts and source links did not change. Version 2026-11-03-r2, published on Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23915712), carries these changes in its files. It also states, in the XLSX Methodology sheet and the Zenodo description, that the summary column is MAK’s shortened wording, and it rewords the remaining rationale entries, five notes entries and the copy_eligible column. The download buttons opened these files until the next version.

3 November 2026 (new dataset version): Version 2026-11-03 published on Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23911002) with most of the same wording corrections in its files. The download buttons opened these files until the next version. Earlier copies of the CSV and XLSX on MAK’s website, from the time of version 2026-09-26, remain at their old addresses until removed. Both carry older wording that has since been corrected. The CSV copy also has a wrong note in row R02-018 (“only 2 pages”; the correct count is 9), which the Zenodo files never contained. Neither copy is linked here.

3 November 2026: Page wording corrected after a re-check against the Government of Canada file (data as of 3 November 2026). The summary column is now labelled as MAK’s shortened wording. The priority list now states what each request asked for, not what a package contains, because MAK has not reviewed the packages. The Chinook program label no longer says automation, because IRCC states that Chinook does not assess or make decisions on applications. Open Government Licence attribution added. Request numbers, closing months, dispositions, page counts and source links did not change, and no package was reclassified as received or reviewed.

29 September 2026: Canonical public resource created from the existing 26 September MVP dataset and methodology; no disclosure package was reclassified as received or reviewed.

26 September 2026: Initial 18-record curated dataset, 10-target acquisition-priority list and methodology completed from Government of Canada completed-ATI records.

This resource is research infrastructure. This index was created by MAK. It is not independent research and is not endorsed by any other body.