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Two textbooks explain Canadian immigration law chapter by chapter, written for readers who are not lawyers. Every rule is quoted from the official text and linked to it. The first chapter of each is free to read today.

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  • 24 chapters
  • About 24 hours of reading
  • Every chapter verified 2026-11-06
  • English and French
The covers of both volumes: Entering Canada and Immigrating to Canada

The law is public. It is also scattered.

Canadian immigration law runs to 847 sections of the Act, the Regulations, the Criminal Code and the Citizenship Act. IRCC and CBSA add thousands of policy pages. Most of it is written for lawyers, and the forums that try to translate it often disagree with each other.

Each volume gathers one subject into a book you can read straight through, in the order the law itself works, with the source under every rule.

A real page from each book

Entering Canada · Chapter 1

How Admissibility Works: The IRPA Framework

Common belief

A visa means I have already been found admissible.

What the law actually says

A visa is permission to travel and be examined, so the decision is made again at the border. Section 18(1) requires every person seeking to enter Canada to appear for an examination. Section 20(1) requires a foreign national who seeks to enter or remain to establish that they meet the requirements. IRCC's own manual says a visa "is no more than a stamp on a piece of paper issued outside Canada which may give the holder a colour of right to come into Canada, but no more. Immigration status is acquired at the port-of-entry" (ENF 1, Appendix A). So status is granted at the counter, or not at all.

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Immigrating to Canada · Chapter 1

How the System Works: Programs, Departments, and Why the Rules Move

Common belief

The posted processing time is how long it will take.

What the law actually says

It is an estimate, and IRCC says so on its Check processing times page. The page states that an application "may take longer than the times shown here" and that the posted figures are "not a maximum or a guarantee". It describes them as estimates based on current inventory, staffing, expected intake and biometric collection. It states that the projections "are estimates based on current operating conditions and may change". A single number displayed beside an application type reads like a commitment, while the sentences that qualify it are lower on the page.

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What makes a textbook worth paying for

Readable
Written at about a grade 8 reading level. Every chapter opens with the short answer, then shows the law behind it.
Checkable
Every rule is quoted from the official text and linked to it. Each chapter ends with the official sources to check it against. It also carries the date its facts were last verified.
Read anywhere
The website edition is the textbook. Read it here, on any device. Download a PDF copy when you want one. The chapters stand on their own, so most questions take three or four of them.
Kept current
Buy once. Every future edition is included. Each chapter shows the date it was last checked, and scheduled checks watch the official sources behind it.

The two volumes

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Cover: Volume 1: Entering Canada

Volume 1: Entering Canada

The Complete Guide to Admissibility Law

Six IRPA inadmissibility grounds (s.36 and s.38 to s.42) that can keep a visitor, worker, student or permanent resident out of Canada, and the published routes back: equivalency, rehabilitation, record suspensions, temporary resident permits.

$7912 chapters · 9.5 hours

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  1. 1How Admissibility Works: The IRPA FrameworkFree
  2. 2Criminal Inadmissibility: s.36(1) and s.36(2)48 min
  3. 3The Equivalency Framework: How a Foreign Offence Becomes a Canadian One47 min
  4. 4The Relief Map: Deemed Rehabilitation, Criminal Rehabilitation, Record Suspensions, TRPs and ARCs51 min
  5. 5Misrepresentation: IRPA s.4053 min
  6. 6Non-compliance with the Act: IRPA s.4163 min
  7. 7Inadmissible family member: IRPA s.4253 min
  8. 8Medical Inadmissibility: What Section 38 Actually Asks53 min
  9. 9Financial Inadmissibility: Section 3939 min
  10. 10Why Sections 34, 35 and 37 Are Not Covered Here26 min
  11. 11At the Border: What an Examination Is, and What the Published Manuals Say Happens57 min
  12. 12One Crossing, Start to Finish31 min

Not in this volume

  • The security, human-rights and organized-crime grounds (s.34, s.35, s.37): these need a licensed professional, not a book.
  • Immigration programs and Express Entry: that is Volume 2.
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Cover: Volume 2: Immigrating to Canada

Volume 2: Immigrating to Canada

The Complete Guide to the Permanent Pathways

The economic and family routes to permanent residence and on to citizenship, explained from the published criteria: Express Entry and the CRS grid, the provincial programs, sponsorship, study and work permits.

$7912 chapters · 14.5 hours

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  1. 1How the System Works: Programs, Departments, and Why the Rules MoveFree
  2. 2Express Entry: The System as Published85 min
  3. 3The Comprehensive Ranking System: Reading the Published Grid85 min
  4. 4Credentials and Language: ECAs, Test Scores, and the CLB Machinery70 min
  5. 5Provincial Nominee Programs: The Two-Stage Process69 min
  6. 6The Other Federal Classes: Where Their Rules Live and How Fast They Move76 min
  7. 7Family Sponsorship: Who, Whom, and the Inland or Outland Fork92 min
  8. 8Study Permits and the Post-Graduation Work Permit67 min
  9. 9Work Permits: the LMIA, the Exemptions, and Employer Compliance69 min
  10. 10The Published Numbers: Fees, Funds and Timelines, and the Dates They Carry56 min
  11. 11Citizenship: From Permanent Resident to the Oath58 min
  12. 12Two Routes, Start to Finish68 min

Not in this volume

  • The admissibility grounds in depth: that is Volume 1.
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The covers of both volumes: Entering Canada and Immigrating to Canada

The Complete Library

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$158 bought separately. You save $29.

Most questions touch both books: a record raises Volume 1 questions, and the application it affects lives in Volume 2. The Complete Library is both volumes. Buy once. Every future edition is included.

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How the books stay current

Immigration law changes during the year. Scheduled checks watch the official sources behind every chapter, and a person revises the chapter when one of them changes.

The official sources

Justice Laws
The Acts and the Regulations. The books rest on the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and its Regulations, the Criminal Code and the Citizenship Act.
The Canada Gazette
New regulations, read in Part II as they are published.
canada.ca
IRCC’s instructions, program criteria and published figures.

Where a rule is published on another official page, the chapter cites that page and the weekly watch reads it too.

The watch

  1. Every day

    The published books

    The site’s own checks run again on the published version. One of them fails if an English chapter has changed and its French has not.

  2. Every week

    The law

    Justice Laws is read for the date each Act and Regulation was last amended. The Canada Gazette is read for new immigration regulations.

  3. Every week

    The cited pages

    Every official page a chapter cites is opened. A page that has moved, gone or changed since the chapter was checked goes on a list.

  4. Every year on November 6

    The edition

    A checklist opens for the yearly edition. It asks for one full pass over both books, a dated entry in each volume’s list of changes, and rebuilt PDF copies.

When a source changes

  1. Flagged

    The watch writes a report and stops there. No scheduled job can edit a chapter.

  2. Revised by a person

    A person reads the change at the official source and revises the chapter, in English and in French. A chapter is never changed automatically.

  3. Dated

    The chapter’s date moves to the day it was checked again.

Where you see it

Facts verified 2026-11-06

On each chapter
A stamp with the date its facts were last checked.
On the PDF copy
The edition date, printed on the cover.

A date says when a chapter was last checked. The law can change the day after, so confirm a rule at its official source before you act on it.

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In every chapter

Counted from the books themselves, not promised.

  • 46 worked examples
  • 63 reference tables
  • 141 myths corrected
  • 226 checklist items
  • 332 official sources linked

Across both volumes.

  • The short answer firstin all 24 chapters
  • The law itself, quotedin all 24 chapters
  • A self-check to test what stuckin all 24 chapters
  • Official sources to verify it yourselfin all 24 chapters
  • Myths corrected, with the sourcein 22 of 24 chapters
  • Questions to bring to a licensed professionalin 22 of 24 chapters

Who the textbooks are for

  • Anyone who wants to understand the rules before they apply, before they travel, or before they book a consultation.
  • People helping a partner, a parent or a friend through a process.
  • Settlement workers, students and anyone who explains these rules to others.

Who they are not for

  • Anyone who needs advice on their own case. That comes from a licensed immigration consultant (RCIC) or a lawyer, and the books point to both registers.
  • Anyone looking for a prediction. No book can tell anyone what an officer will decide.
Find a licensed consultant (CICC register)Find an immigration lawyer (law societies)

What a purchase includes

Read it here, on any device. Download a PDF copy when you want one.

The textbook
The website edition is the textbook. Each chapter shows the date it was last checked.
Future editions
Buy once. Every future edition is included.
The PDF copy
Download a PDF of each volume you own, in English or French, when you want one. Your copy carries your email and receipt number in its footer.
The refund
The 14-day refund covers the website edition until the first PDF download. A refund ends access.
Your details
No account, and the site collects no email. Stripe handles the payment.

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The 14-day refund

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How the textbooks fit

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    Start free

    The free guides and tools show which parts of the law a question touches.

  2. 2

    Read the chapter

    The textbook explains that part of the law in full, with the sources.

  3. 3

    Take it to a professional

    For advice on a specific case, bring the chapter’s questions to a licensed RCIC or lawyer.

Questions before buying

Is it a one-time payment?

Yes. Buy once. Every future edition is included. There is no subscription and no renewal.

What do I get when I buy?

The website edition is the textbook. Read it here, on any device. Download a PDF copy when you want one. Each chapter shows the date it was last checked, and every future edition is included. The PDF copy comes in English or French for each volume you own, and a later download gives you the current edition.

Can I read some of it first?

Yes. Chapter 1 of each volume is free to read in full, with no account and no email. It is the same chapter the paid edition opens with.

Is this legal advice?

No. The textbooks explain the published law by topic. They do not ask about anyone’s situation and do not apply the law to it. Advice on a specific case comes from a licensed immigration consultant (RCIC) or a lawyer.

Can I get a refund?

Yes, until you download the PDF. Downloading the PDF makes this purchase final. Until then, the 14-day refund is yours. To use it, reply to your purchase receipt within 14 days of buying and we refund you in full, no questions asked. A refund ends access to the volume. The full terms are on the Terms of Service page.

What does downloading the PDF change?

It makes the purchase final. The 14-day refund covers the website edition until the first PDF download, and the page says so again before the download starts. Your PDF copy carries your email and receipt number in its footer.

How do the books stay current?

Scheduled checks read the official sources every week. When a source changes, a person revises the chapter and its date moves. A chapter is never changed automatically.

How is payment handled?

Stripe takes the payment and holds the card and email details. The site has no accounts and collects no email. A cookie on your device keeps a bought book open, and the privacy page explains the rest.

When can I buy?

Soon. The textbooks are finished and verified. Buying opens after a final review, and the free chapters are open now.

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