Program delivery update: Updates to Humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) consideration pages
May 12, 2026
Program delivery instructions (PDIs) have been adjusted to include minor updates, other instructions have been updated to incorporate minor adjustments to provide guidance to officers when assessing and processing applications or requests for humanitarian considerations.
Updated instructions
- Humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) considerations: Administrative law principles – Guidelines to H&C decision-making
- Humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) considerations: Guidelines for note-taking
New instructions
Deleted instructions
- Humanitarian and Compassionate: Conducting Research
- Humanitarian and Compassionate: Recording the reasons for an H&C decision


