Usman Khalil is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (CICC R709592) and a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Ontario C83028834) at MAK Canadian Immigration Services in Mississauga, Canada. His practitioner-led public research examines Canadian immigration policy, Express Entry reforms, economic migration invitation data, and the documentary and financial evidence relevant to immigration cases. He created the 2027 Express Entry Reform Evidence Tracker (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23153613), the IRCC ATIP Intelligence Index: Previously Released Immigration Records (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23119138), and the Express Entry Invited Candidates Data Observatory (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23153378). The publicly documented datasets cite government sources, disclose methodology and limitations, and are not presented as peer-reviewed academic research. Two research resources are also listed by the independently operated Ontario settlement-sector catalogue SettlementAtWork: R01 (https://settlementatwork.org/en/resources/2027-express-entry-reform-evidence-tracker-proposals-versus-current-rules) and R03 (https://settlementatwork.org/en/resources/express-entry-invited-candidates-data-observatory-program-and-intended-province-trends). These listings are not evidence of peer review, government endorsement or classroom adoption. He also published MAK Immigration Data Observatory: Release 2 (9 September 2026; DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23116016), a separate fixed historical research dataset publicly archived on Zenodo. Its rights are MAK Canadian Immigration Services - Website Terms Apply, not a Creative Commons reuse licence; it is not academic peer review or individualized immigration advice.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 6762
ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5104-2472
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/usmanrcic

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • MAK Canadian Immigration Services

    Other, Mississauga, Canada
    RCIC and CPA; author of applied Canadian immigration-policy research

Research

IRCC ATIP Intelligence Index | Previously Released Immigration Records

Authors Usman Khalil
Description
Curated evidence-level index of 18 completed Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request summaries published by the Government of Canada. The source-linked index records request descriptions, dates, dispositions, page counts and research-classification metadata from the publicly available portal summaries. It does not contain the underlying disclosure packages: MAK did not request, obtain or review those released documents, and the portal summaries do not prove what the packages contain. Originally published in September 2026 by MAK Canadian Immigration Services; primary-source snapshot 26 September 2026. Prepared by Usman Khalil, a regulated Canadian immigration consultant (R709592), with methodological limits stated at the canonical research page. Stable version DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23119138. This is research indexing, not individualized immigration advice, independent academic peer review or government endorsement. Canonical source and methodology: https://makimmigration.ca/ircc-atip-intelligence-index/. Independent community curation (verified 17 October 2026): The existing R02 Zenodo record is included in The Consular Repository's curated public collection at https://zenodo.org/communities/theconsularrepository/records?q=IRCC%20ATIP . Community inclusion is not academic peer review, an IRCC endorsement or a claim that underlying ATIP disclosures were obtained.
Year 2026
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2027 Express Entry Reform Evidence Tracker

Authors Usman Khalil
Description
Versioned evidence tracker of dated official Government of Canada sources concerning possible changes to Express Entry for 2027. Its structured ledger distinguishes current rules, consultations, proposals, published evidence and implemented changes, with source links, dated status and a change log. It does not predict future policy. The public record includes methods and downloadable evidence tables. Created by Usman Khalil; published by MAK Canadian Immigration Services. Version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23153613. Canonical research source and methodology: https://makimmigration.ca/express-entry-2027-reform-tracker/. Independent community curation (verified 18 October 2026): The existing R01 Zenodo record is included in The Consular Repository's independently curated public collection, https://zenodo.org/communities/theconsularrepository/records . Community inclusion is not academic peer review, Canadian government endorsement, approval of MAK's immigration advice, or evidence that proposed 2027 rules have taken effect. Independent Ontario settlement-sector resource listing (publicly verified 18 October 2026): SettlementAtWork includes the R01 research in its Research/Dataset catalogue at https://settlementatwork.org/en/resources/2027-express-entry-reform-evidence-tracker-proposals-versus-current-rules . The listing is not peer review or evidence of government endorsement.
Year 2026
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Express Entry Invited Candidates Data Observatory: Program and Intended Province Trends

Authors Usman Khalil
Description
Cleaned, documented dataset based on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's official Express Entry - Invited Candidates monthly data. It examines historical invited-candidate counts by immigration program and intended Canadian province or territory, with source coverage through 31 July 2026. The data pack includes downloadable tables, transformation methodology and reusable figures. Suppression and rounding limitations are documented. These are invitations and intended destinations, not permanent-resident admissions, actual landings, or PNP allocations. Created by Usman Khalil and published by MAK Canadian Immigration Services. Version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23153378. Canonical research source and methodology: https://makimmigration.ca/express-entry-invited-candidates-program-province/. Correction notice (17 October 2026): The archived DA-R03-F01-Program-Trend.svg accessibility description incorrectly characterizes sums affected by suppressed cells as 'lower bounds'. These sums omit suppressed cells and add rounded disclosed values; they are neither exact totals nor guaranteed lower bounds. The original archived file has not yet been revised. Independent Ontario settlement-sector resource listing (publicly verified 18 October 2026): SettlementAtWork includes the R03 research in its Research/Dataset catalogue at https://settlementatwork.org/en/resources/express-entry-invited-candidates-data-observatory-program-and-intended-province-trends . This listing is not peer review and does not correct the archived F01 figure described above.
Year 2026
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Suggested Research

MAK Immigration Data Observatory: Release 2

Authors Usman Khalil
Description
Release 2 of the open, source-documented MAK Immigration Data Observatory, published on September 9, 2026. The dataset contains normalized CSV and JSON files, dated source receipts, IRCC Express Entry round history through round 441 (September 4, 2026), historical study permit and PGWP to permanent residence statistics through June 2026, dated immigration processing and service-standard snapshots, and a 17-record 2026 public-policy change ledger. It separates official government values from MAK-derived calculations, treats suppressed cells as missing rather than zero, identifies partial coverage periods, and does not present historical observations as forecasts or individual immigration outcomes. Authored by Usman Khalil, MAK Canadian Immigration Services; Release 2 source classification and methodology review is documented in the publicly archived record. This is a self-authored research dataset, not government or independent scientific endorsement. Public archive DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23116016 and canonical methodology https://makimmigration.ca/immigration-data-observatory/.
Year 2026
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