Changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) will take effect on Friday, May 1, 2026. These updates introduce co-payments for services covered under IFHP’s supplemental health coverage. As of May 1, 2026, IFHP beneficiaries will need to pay:
$4 for each eligible prescription medication filled or refilled under the IFHP
30% of the cost of other eligible supplemental health products and services,
Please be informed that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated income support rates under the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) to ensure RAP income support rates are aligned with provincial social assistance rates and that they continue to respond to the shelter and basic needs of resettled refugees.
These changes have already come into effect for Government Assisted Refugees (GARs) and Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) Refugees receiving RAP income support.
Dear sponsorship community, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has extended the temporary pause on new Group of Five and Community Sponsor applications to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) program until December 31, 2026.
For more details, please read the notice and instructions posted to the IRCC website today in either English or French at the links below.
May 01, 2018. New sponsorship forms and guides come into effect today. There is a 30 day grace period for using the old forms and requirements (with the exception of Schedule 2). Applications submitted after June 01, 2018, that do not use the new forms or adhere to the new requirements will be returned or refused.
Le 1er mai 2018. De nouveaux formulaires de parrainage et guides entrent en vigueur aujourd’hui. Il y a une période de grâce pour les anciens critères et la soumission des anciens formulaires (à l’exception de l’Annexe 2). Les demandes présentées après le 1er juin 2018 qui n’utilisent pas les nouveaux formulaires ou qui ne respectent pas les nouvelles exigences seront renvoyées ou rejetées.
Le 1er mai 2018. De nouveaux formulaires de parrainage et guides entrent en vigueur aujourd’hui. Il y a une période de grâce pour les anciens critères et la soumission des anciens formulaires (à l’exception de l’Annexe 2). Les demandes présentées après le 1er juin 2018 qui n’utilisent pas les nouveaux formulaires ou qui ne respectent pas les nouvelles exigences seront renvoyées ou rejetées.
