Policy Notes

Policy Notes are memoranda which serve as an informal way of providing policy guidance and are consistent with independent and impartial decision-making. They are used to address areas of concern that may be of short duration or limited to the Board's operations in a single region.

Policy Notes

All Tribunals

Notice of release of Jurisprudential Guide – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
On December 2, 2016 the Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada identified RAD Decision TB4-05778 as a Jurisprudential Guide.

Policy Note on Persuasive Decisions
The purpose of this policy note is to explain the use of persuasive decisions as an important instrument in support of consistent and high-quality decisions in all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB).

Policy Statement on Official Languages and the Principle of the Substantive Equality of English and French
The purpose of this policy statement is to outline the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada’s (IRB) approach with respect to the use of official languages in the proceedings of its four divisions. This policy statement brings together in a single instrument information previously issued by the IRB with respect to the use of official languages in the proceedings of its four divisions.