1,035 result(s)
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Maharaj v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2019 FC 78 - 2019-01-18
Federal Court Decisions[3] The Applicants applied for and obtained permanent residence through the Skilled Worker Program and landed in Canada on August 26, 2010. [...] [4] The rules surrounding permanent residence require the Applicants to reside in Canada for 730 days (two years) out of five years. [...] As holders of skilled worker visas they were free to come and go from Canada.
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Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Slimani - 2019 FC 39 - 2019-01-11
Federal Court DecisionsOn July 23, 2004, he became a permanent resident of Canada as a dependent of his father, who was admitted to Canada as a skilled worker. [...] On this point, it noted the positive factors that emerged from the respondent’s testimony: (1) he took full responsibility for the bad decisions he had made; (2) his remorse appeared to be genuine; (3) he had participated in workshops at the detention centre, which had allowed him to learn certain skills; (4) he had stopped [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-1916-18 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Human Care Canada Inc. v. Evolution Technologies Inc. - 2018 FC 1302 - 2018-12-21
Federal Court Decisions[72] A patent is not addressed to an ordinary member of the public, but to a worker skilled in the art described as: [...] The patent is not addressed to an ordinary member of the public, but to a worker skilled in the art described by Dr. Fox as [...] [262] Addressing the ability of the skilled worker, Mr. Justice Binnie added that the skilled worker is an individual “sufficiently versed in the art to which the patent relates, to enable them on a technical level to appreciate the nature and description of the invention.” The skilled worker, by using their common
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Hafiz v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 1273 - 2018-12-18
Federal Court Decisions[3] The Applicant had previously applied for a temporary resident visa and for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class, however, both applications were refused on October 11, 2017 and January 20, 2014 respectively. [...] (a) to become a permanent resident, that they hold the visa or other document required under the regulations and have come to Canada in order to establish permanent residence; and [...] a) pour devenir un résident permanent, qu’il détient les visa ou autres documents réglementaires et vient s’y établir en permanence;
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Jani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 1229 - 2018-12-07
Federal Court Decisions[2] Mr. Jani became a permanent resident of Canada on March 27, 2010. [...] When he applied for permanent residence as a skilled worker, he included his wife and daughter as dependents. [...] [3] In April 2012, Mr. Jani applied to sponsor his sons for permanent resident visas.
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Jones v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 1070 - 2018-10-24
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is the judicial review of a decision of a senior immigration officer (“Officer”) refusing the Applicant’s application for permanent residence, which was brought on humanitarian and compassionate (“H&C”) grounds pursuant to s 25(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 (“IRPA”). [...] In 1999, having been adopted by his aunt, he came to Canada as a permanent resident when he was 16 years old. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD Docket: IMM-4605-17 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Moghaddam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 1063 - 2018-10-23
Federal Court Decisions[10] The applicant applied for permanent resident status, under the Federal Skilled Workers Program [FSWP], in this country in August 2008. [...] [14] The application for permanent residence under the FSWP was denied on October 5, 2017. [...] [16] The application for permanent residence under the FSWP was made in December 2008.
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Saatchi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 1037 - 2018-10-16
Federal Court DecisionsHe seeks judicial review of a visa officer’s [Officer] decision dated October 23, 2017, refusing his permanent residence application under the Canadian Experience Class. [...] He currently resides in Toronto and holds a Canadian study permit valid until July 31, 2019. [...] [20] The Respondent underscores that in the present case the onus was on Mr. Saatchi to satisfy the Officer that he met the requirements for permanent residence under the Canadian Experience Class (Dhillon v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 FC 614 at paras 9, 41).
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Liu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 954 - 2018-09-27
Federal Court Decisions• Employment prospects in country of residence [12] The Officer held that the Applicant was not a genuine worker who would leave at the end of her stay, and that the job offer was also not genuine. [...] The Applicant submits that the two year path to becoming a permanent resident through the LCP stream is no longer an option. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-236-18 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Karami v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 846 - 2018-08-20
Federal Court DecisionsThe officer denied the Applicant’s application for permanent residence, under the Federal Skilled Worker Class, because the officer found the application to be incomplete, pursuant to sections 10 and 12.01 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 (IRPR). [...] He applied for permanent residence in Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker Class on July 21, 2016. [...] [26] In the Applicant’s case the requirements were communicated by way of the document checklist instructions contained within the invitation to apply for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class (found in the Applicant’s Record at page 23).
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Mohseni v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 795 - 2018-07-27
Federal Court Decisions[43] On the other hand, the Court found in Diwalpitiye v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 885 reasonable an inadmissibility finding following a misrepresentation about a temporary resident visa refusal in Canada where the applicant ticked the box “no”, on a form to seek permanent residence as a skilled worker, [...] In other words, there was a nexus strong enough between the misrepresentation and seeking permanent residence as a skilled worker. [...] [45] The same was found in Oloumi v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 428 concerning language tests submitted as part of an application for permanent residence as a skilled worker.
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Kaur v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 777 - 2018-07-25
Federal Court Decisions[6] On November 24, 2016, Ms. Kaur requested an exemption on H&C grounds from the requirement of applying for permanent residence from outside Canada. [...] She is also losing a path to permanent residence which, although not certain, would likely have been achieved had she not been victimized by her employer. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-5227-17 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Haider v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 686 - 2018-07-04
Federal Court DecisionsThe Applicant applied for permanent residence in Canada under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program. [...] [14] The Applicant also submitted that the Officer’s substitution of his or her evaluation under s 87 removed the Applicant’s legitimate expectation of being granted permanent residence and therefore attracts a higher degree of procedural fairness (Sadeghi). [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-4926-17 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Meghjani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 666 - 2018-06-28
Federal Court Decisions[6] The family applied for Canadian PR under the skilled workers class. [...] Residency obligation 28 (1) A permanent resident must comply with a residency obligation with respect to every five-year period. [...] (i) if they have been a permanent resident for less than five years, that they will be able to meet the residency obligation in respect of the five-year period immediately after they became a permanent resident;
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Groupe Maison Candiac Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) - 2018 FC 643 - 2018-06-22
Federal Court Decisions[69] A first group of prohibitions concerns the individuals of a species at risk and its residence (sections 32 to 36). [...] However, these prohibitions apply only to individuals and residences on federal land in the province or territory (section 36). [...] [119] Nevertheless, Groupe Candiac is urging me to conclude that subparagraph 80(4)(c)(ii) constitutes a skilled but colourable attempt by Parliament to establish a national, uniform and efficient system of protecting species at risk, no matter what they are or where they reside, without regard for the jurisdiction of the
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Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Abderrazak - 2018 FC 602 - 2018-06-11
Federal Court Decisions[4] On March 15, 2012, the respondent, a citizen of Tunisia and France, arrived in Canada and became a permanent resident as a Quebec-selected skilled worker. [...] The respondent’s arguments are entirely based on his investment activities, even though he obtained permanent resident status as a selected skilled worker. [...] There is no evidence supporting the IAD’s finding that he was unable to obtain a job in Canada, as was the case for obtaining his permanent residence as a selected skilled worker.
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Cieslak v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 579 - 2018-06-04
Federal Court DecisionsConsequently, she applied for a permanent residence visa from within Canada on humanitarian and compassionate [H&C] grounds in November 2016. [...] [2] The Officer refused the Applicant’s application for an exemption from the regular permanent residence visa requirements on the basis that there were insufficient H&C factors to warrant such an exemption. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-4811-17 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Islam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 560 - 2018-05-30
Federal Court DecisionsThe Officer further found that they were only motivated to correct the record when they had to renew their passports and could not use the false information in order to become permanent residents. [...] Did the Officer err by suggesting that the Applicants could apply for permanent residence in the “normal way”? [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-4497-17 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Abou Antoun - 2018 FC 540 - 2018-05-24
Federal Court Decisions[6] Mr. Abou Antoun obtained his permanent residence under the skilled worker program and immigrated to Canada with his wife and his three children in July 2010. [...] [17] In order to maintain their status, a permanent resident must comply with a residency obligation. [...] Moreover, it is not in keeping with the skilled worker immigration class under which he obtained his permanent residence.
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Shah v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 537 - 2018-05-24
Federal Court DecisionsThey then applied for permanent residence in Canada based on H&C grounds. [...] [25] The Officer noted that the H&C process is not designed to eliminate hardship, nor is it meant as an alternative route to obtaining permanent residence in Canada, but rather a mechanism for relief in exceptional cases. [...] In this case, the Applicants sought permanent residence status without applying for that status from their country of origin, as would otherwise be required.
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Arshad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 510 - 2018-05-15
Federal Court Decisions[3] The Applicant, Mahboob Arshad, is a 41 year old citizen of Pakistan who became a Canadian permanent resident on June 28, 1991. [...] [10] The Officer found that the Applicant’s contractor skills would allow him to find work in Pakistan where he would not face language barriers because he speaks Punjabi. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-3893-17 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Nisreen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 469 - 2018-05-01
Federal Court Decisionsunreasonable as it exceeds the language requirements in the federal skilled worker program, Canadian experience class, and federal skilled trades program set by the Minister under s 74(1) of the IRPR. Even though both the federal skilled worker and federal skilled trades programs have no requirement of Canadian work [...] Although this principle arose in the context of applications for study permits, it has also been applied to an application for permanent residence as a skilled worker. [...] S. 74(l) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations states that the Minister shall fix minimum language proficiency thresholds for economic immigration classes: the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Canadian Experience Class (CEC), and Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP).
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Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. He - 2018 FC 457 - 2018-04-27
Federal Court DecisionsThe Male Respondent immigrated to Canada as a skilled worker and the couple became permanent residents in 2006. [...] Residency obligation Obligation de résidence 28 (1) A permanent resident must comply with a residency obligation with respect to every five-year period. [...] (iv) outside Canada accompanying a permanent resident who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province, or
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Hammad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 459 - 2018-04-27
Federal Court DecisionsIn 2014, she applied for permanent residence in Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker [FSW] program. [...] Skilled workers Qualité 75 (2) A foreign national is a skilled worker if [...] This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class.
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Brown v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 452 - 2018-04-26
Federal Court DecisionsIn January 2015, he obtained a study permit and came to Canada to attend school in the hopes of eventually obtaining permanent residence. [...] As this Court stated in Tabingo v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 377 at paragraph 99, with respect to the skilled worker class, “[t]he ability to immigrate, particularly as a member of an economic class, is not among the fundamental choices relating to personal autonomy which would engage section [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-4098-17 STYLE OF CAUSE: