1,035 result(s)
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826.
Gill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 911 - 2008-07-25
Federal Court Decisions[1] On August 14, 2001, the Applicant applied for permanent residence (the Application) as a skilled worker based on her qualifications as an accountant (NOC 1111.2) and as a computer programmer (NOC 2163). [...] [14] In Moksud v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2001] F.C.J. No. 73, Mr. Justice Rouleau dealt with a case in which an application for permanent residence as a Software Engineer (NOC 2147.2) was denied. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-3111-07 STYLE OF CAUSE: ARVINDER KAUR GILL v.
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827.
Bhuiya v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 878 - 2008-07-16
Federal Court Decisions[1] Shokhina Bhuiya is a Bangladeshi citizen whose application for permanent residence as a member of the skilled worker class was rejected by a visa officer. [...] [11] To be eligible for permanent residence as a member of the skilled worker class, applicants have to obtain 67 points through the assessment process. [...] 78. (2) A maximum of 25 points shall be awarded for a skilled worker's education as follows ...
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828.
Bhailalbhai Patel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 867 - 2008-07-11
Federal Court Decisions[2] Pradymanb Bhailalbhai Patel (the applicant) filed his first application to immigrate to Canada as a skilled worker in May 2001. [...] [4] In his decision dated January 2, 2007, the officer determined that the applicant did not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada as a member of the economic class, skilled worker. [...] [10] In conclusion, the officer found that the applicant did not meet the requirements to immigrate to Canada as a member of the skilled workers class and consequently rejected the application.
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829.
Wang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 798 - 2008-06-24
Federal Court Decisions[4] The applicants made an application for permanent residence under the skilled worker category to the Visa Section of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, China, on December 10, 2003. [...] a) A copy of the brother’s permanent resident card; b) A copy of the brother’s wife’s permanent resident card and passport; [...] [10] The jurisprudence of this Court has recognized that the decision of an immigration officer in the assessment of an application for permanent residence under the federal skilled worked class involves an exercise of discretion and should therefore be afforded considerable deference.
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830.
Ghofrani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 767 - 2008-06-19
Federal Court Decisions[1] In April 2004, the Province of Québec accepted Mr. Ghofrani’s application to immigrate to the Province as a skilled worker. [...] As previously noted, in situations where the Applicant has been accepted by the Province as a skilled worker, the only role of the federal authority is to determine admissibility. [...] [23] There are many reasons why an applicant for permanent residency may be inadmissible to Canada.
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831.
Eslamieh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 722 - 2008-06-09
Federal Court Decisions[1] Ms. Eslamieh is an Iranian citizen whose application for permanent resident status in the Skilled Worker category was rejected on July 30, 2007. [...] [2] Ms. Elsamieh contends that the Visa Officer should have considered her discretion to grant the applicant permanent resident status despite her failure to reach the threshold set by the Minister pursuant to subsection 76(3) of the IRPA, which reads as follows: [...] (3) Whether or not the skilled worker has been awarded the minimum number of required points referred to in subsection (2), an officer may substitute for the criteria set out in paragraph (1)(a) their evaluation of the likelihood of the ability of the skilled worker to become economically established in Canada if the number
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832.
Gill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 613 - 2008-05-15
Federal Court Decisions[2] Gurpreet’s father, Amarjit Gill, submitted an application to immigrate to Canada as a skilled worker prior to his son’s birth. [...] Applicants bear the onus of satisfying the decision-maker that their personal circumstances are such that the hardship of having to obtain a permanent resident visa from outside of Canada would be [...] After a positive H&C decision is made, the applicant must still satisfy the remaining requirements for a permanent resident visa and must not be inadmissible.
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833.
Choi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 577 - 2008-05-06
Federal Court DecisionsIn February 2005, she filed an application for permanent residence under the economic class, skilled worker category. [...] There is no doubt in my mind that the assessment of an Applicant for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class is an exercise of discretion that should be given a high degree of deference. [...] (a) the number of applications by skilled workers as members of the federal skilled worker class currently being processed;
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834.
Patel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 545 - 2008-05-02
Federal Court DecisionsHe made an application for permanent residence in Canada under the skilled worker class in July 2001. [...] [6] The Officer refused the applicant’s application for permanent residence as a member of the skilled worker class. [...] [9] In her assessment under the current Regulations, the Officer assessed the applicant under the federal skilled worker class on the basis of the criteria set out in subsection 76(1) of the Regulations, in order to determine whether the applicant could become economically established in Canada.
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835.
Tantash v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 565 - 2008-05-02
Federal Court Decisionsthe decision of Visa Officer Ms. Sweetman-Griffin (the Officer), dated June 19, 2007, refusing the applicant’s application for permanent residence in Canada under the economic skilled workers class, on the ground that he had not submitted the requested documents, and he was therefore not satisfied that he was admissible. [...] He made an application to immigrate to Canada as a member of the economic skilled worker class on June 9, 2004 at the Canadian Consulate in London, England. [...] e) June 19, 2007 – the Officer refused the permanent resident application.
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836.
Moussa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 515 - 2008-04-21
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review brought by the Applicant, Mohamed Ibrahim Youssef Moussa, challenging the February 1, 2007 decision by a Visa Officer (the “Officer”), denying his application for permanent residence. [...] [2] In June 2000, the Applicant submitted an application for permanent residence to the Canadian High Commission in London, England. [...] He was seeking to come to Canada from Saudi Arabia as a member of the Skilled Worker Class, specifically as a Civil Engineer.
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837.
Khan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 512 - 2008-04-18
Federal Court DecisionsIn 2004, the applicant applied for permanent residence under the skilled worker category as a user support technician and computer programmer. [...] [7] In a letter dated August 21, 2006, the officer informed the applicant that his application for a permanent resident visa as a skilled worker had been refused and that he had been found to be inadmissible on the basis of misrepresentation pursuant to paragraph 40(1)(a) of the Act. This is the judicial review of that [...] 40.(1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible for misrepresentation
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838.
Thandal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 489 - 2008-04-16
Federal Court Decisions[1] The Applicant’s application of permanent residence as a skilled worker and her H&C application from outside Canada were denied. [...] There was no issue concerning her ineligibility under the skilled worker class. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-2284-07 STYLE OF CAUSE: PERMINDER KAUR THANDAL
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839.
Rodriguez Zambrano v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 481 - 2008-04-15
Federal Court Decisions[7] On March 9, 2006, the applicants applied for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. [...] The officer placed particular emphasis on the applicants’ demonstrated ability to establish themselves and their transferable skills. [...] The burden which the applicant had to discharge was whether the Immigration Officer's decision not to grant her an exemption for the inland processing of her permanent residence application was unreasonable.
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840.
Rajaratnam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 472 - 2008-04-14
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review of a decision by a Visa Officer (Officer) refusing the Applicant’s application for permanent resident visa as a member of the transitional federal skilled worker class. [...] [2] The Applicant is a citizen of Sri Lanka who filed his first application for permanent residence visa in September 2001, which was followed up in July of 2003 with a new application in which the Applicant sought a visa on the basis of the economic class “Federal Skilled Workers”. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-856-07 STYLE OF CAUSE: SURESHKUMAR RAJARATNAM and USHAYINI SHANMUGARAJAH
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841.
Kuhathasan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 457 - 2008-04-09
Federal Court DecisionsApplicants who fell within the third priority group were required to complete a Federal Skilled Worker Application form. [...] All other close family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada affected by the tsunami disaster should use the federal skilled worker application form. [...] Other close family members...of Canadian citizens and permanent residents in Canada, who have been, and continue to be, seriously and personally affected by the tsunami disaster, should complete a FEDERAL SKILLED WORKER APPLICATION form.
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842.
Phorn v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 455 - 2008-04-08
Federal Court Decisions(ii) the skilled worker is currently working in that employment, (iii) the work permit is valid at the time an application is made by the skilled worker for a permanent resident visa as well as at the time the permanent resident visa, if any, is issued to the skilled worker, and [...] (iv) the employer has made an offer to employ the skilled worker on an indeterminate basis once the permanent resident visa is issued to the skilled worker; [...] (i) the employer has made an offer to employ the skilled worker on an indeterminate basis once the permanent resident visa is issued to the skilled worker, and
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843.
Alam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 419 - 2008-04-02
Federal Court DecisionsIn her decision, dated February 14, 2007, the Applicant’s application for permanent residence, as a member of the federal skilled worker class, was rejected. [...] [2] The Applicant submitted his application for permanent residence in July 2004. [...] 79. (1) A skilled worker must specify in their application for a permanent resident visa which of English or French is to be considered their first official language in Canada and which is to be considered their second official language in Canada and must
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844.
Esguerra v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 413 - 2008-04-02
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review brought by Mr. Michael Esguerra from a decision of a visa officer dated April 3, 2007, according to which the applicant does not meet the requirements to obtain the permanent residence under the federal skilled worker category. [...] [3] In March 2002, he filed an application for permanent residence in Canada under the federal skilled worker category at the Canadian Embassy in Manila. [...] 79. (1) A skilled worker must specify in their application for a permanent resident visa which of English or French is to be considered their first official language in Canada and which is to be considered their second official language in Canada and must
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845.
Belkacem v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 375 - 2008-03-25
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review from a decision by visa officer Karine Roy-Tremblay of the Canadian Embassy at Rabat in Morocco, denying the applicant’s application for permanent residence in the class “skilled workers – Quebec”. [...] Accordingly, she rejected the permanent residence application on June 25, 2007 by the following letter: [...] (a) Did the visa officer err in dismissing the applicant’s permanent residence application?
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846.
Oladipo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 366 - 2008-03-20
Federal Court Decisions[15] After assessing Mr. Oladipo’s application for a permanent resident visa as a skilled worker, the Visa Officer was not satisfied that he met the requirements in order to qualify as a skilled worker in Canada. [...] 75. (1) For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the federal skilled worker class is hereby prescribed as a class of persons who are skilled workers and who may become permanent residents on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada and who intend to reside in a province other than the [...] [23] The assessment of an application for permanent residence, under the Federal Skilled Worker Class, is an exercise of discretion that should be given a high degree of deference.
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847.
Hameed v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 271 - 2008-02-29
Federal Court Decisions[19] The Respondent submits that the Applicant failed to achieve enough points under either scheme to qualify for a permanent resident visa as a member of the skilled worker category. [...] There is no doubt in my mind that the assessment of an Applicant for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class is an exercise of discretion that should be given a high degree of deference. [...] [29] Sections 73 through 85 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, above, govern the assessment of applications for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class.
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848.
Nizami v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 265 - 2008-02-28
Federal Court DecisionsThe applicant submitted an application for permanent residence in Canada under the skilled worker category on May 9, 2001. [...] [7] This is the judicial review of the officer’s decision dated January 16, 2007 rejecting the applicant’s application for permanent residence in the skilled worker’s category. [...] 75(1) For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the federal skilled worker class is hereby prescribed as a class of persons who are skilled workers and who may become permanent residents on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada and who intend to reside in a province other than the
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849.
Fernandes v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 243 - 2008-02-22
Federal Court Decisions[2] On May 22, 2004 an Immigration Consultant submitted an application on behalf of the Applicant for a permanent residence visa. [...] [6] Subsection 76(1) and (2) of the Regulations set out the criteria for the application of the point system to an applicant for permanent residence. [...] (3) Whether or not the skilled worker has been awarded the minimum number of required points referred to in subsection (2), an officer may substitute for the criteria set out in paragraph (1)(a) their evaluation of the likelihood of the ability of the skilled worker to become economically established in Canada if the number
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850.
Yang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 124 - 2008-02-01
Federal Court DecisionsIn 2005, the Applicant retained an immigration consultant and submitted his application for permanent resident status in Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker Class. [...] In Ilahi, an applicant for permanent residence claimed that, because he never received notice of a scheduled interview, his application was unfairly dismissed. [...] [12] The Respondent distinguishes Anwar on the basis that the decision involved an abandonment hearing in the context of a refugee claim, whereas Ilahi, Sawnani and Shah involved an application for permanent residence.