Program delivery update: Facilitative measures to support Israeli and Palestinian nationals in Canada
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
April 5, 2024
The following instructions have been updated to note that effective March 8, 2024, these special measures also include fee-exempt extensions of temporary resident status in Canada. Additionally, the eligibility for the Temporary public policy for foreign nationals who are family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents who left Israel or the Palestinian Territories on or after October 7, 2023 has been updated to include extended family members who arrive in Canada under the Temporary public policy to facilitate temporary resident visas for certain extended family affected by the crisis in Gaza.