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Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Kamran - 2016 FC 639 - 2016-06-08
Federal Court DecisionsUpon his arrival to Canada on August 9, 2006, the Respondent became a permanent resident of Canada under the Federal Skilled Workers Program. [...] Re Pourghasemi, [1993] FCJ No 232, 62 FTR 122 [Pourghasemi], held that on a balance of probabilities, the citizenship applicant “demonstrated that he resided in Canada for the number of days he claimed to reside in Canada and has therefore met the residence requirement under s. 5(1)(c) of the Act” (Decision, at para 21). [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: T-1772-15 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Chen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 611 - 2016-06-01
Federal Court Decisions[5] In 2014, the Applicant decided to apply for permanent resident status as a member of the CEC. When individuals apply for permanent residence as a member of the CEC, they are evaluated according to the criteria identified in subsection 87.1(2) of the Regulations. [...] • May perform the same duties as workers supervised (AR at 48) [9] Along with his application for permanent residence, the Applicant submitted a letter from the President of East Link, who outlined some of the Applicant’s professional experience: [...] (a) they have acquired in Canada, within the three years before the date on which their application for permanent residence is made, at least one year of full-time work experience, or the equivalent in part-time work experience, in one or more occupations that are listed in Skill Type 0 Management Occupations or Skill Level
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Suri v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 589 - 2016-05-27
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is a judicial review, pursuant to subsection 72(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act], of a decision by Citizenship and Immigration Canada Program Manager [the Officer] to refuse a permanent residence visa under the Federal Skilled Worker [FSW] class to the Principal Applicant. [...] 40 (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible for misrepresentation [...] Now that I am applying for [Permanent Residence] which is a skilled worker program, I had furnished my primary regular and full-time profession details, i.e. I am working with Makkar Construction Company from 2007.
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Re Jaballah - 2016 FC 586 - 2016-05-26
Federal Court DecisionsAND IN THE MATTER OF the Referral of a Certificate to the Federal Court Pursuant to [...] The Ministers submit they have reasonable grounds to believe the Respondent sought permanent residence in Canada to foster relationships with members of terrorist organizations and networks. [...] [664] The enumerated grounds in subsection 34(1) of the IRPA which render a permanent resident or a foreign national inadmissible are disjunctive.
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Paturel International Company v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) - 2016 FC 541 - 2016-05-16
Federal Court Decisions• Will or is likely to result in direct job creation or job retention for Canadian citizens or permanent residents; [...] (b) whether the employment of the foreign national will or is likely to result in the development or transfer of skills and knowledge for the benefit of Canadian citizens or permanent residents; [...] (e) whether the employer will hire or train Canadian citizens or permanent residents or has made, or has agreed to make, reasonable efforts to do so;
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Asadi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 536 - 2016-05-13
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review pursuant to subsection 72(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27, of a decision of a Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) visa officer (the Officer) refusing the Applicant’s application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) [...] 76 (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 [...] Nowhere is “integrity” included among the requirements in section 76 of the Regulations for membership in the federal skilled worker class.
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Iqbal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 533 - 2016-05-12
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review pursuant to section 72(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act] of a decision rendered by an Officer at the High Commission of Canada in London [the Officer] denying the applicant a permanent resident visa as part of the Skilled Worker Program [...] In 2013, she applied to become a permanent resident of Canada under the Skilled Worker Program, citing her occupation as ‘Civil Engineer’. [...] [12] The Respondent argues that a visa officer’s decision on a skilled worker application is a discretionary exercise, which warrants a high degree of deference from the Court.
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Karahroudi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 522 - 2016-05-10
Federal Court Decisions[1] The Applicant challenges the decision of a visa officer at the Embassy of Canada in Warsaw, Poland refusing his application for permanent residence as a member of the Skilled Worker Class. [...] In 1997, he applied to immigrate to Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker Category. [...] 34 (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on security grounds for
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Chhetry v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 513 - 2016-05-06
Federal Court DecisionsIn October 2014, he applied for permanent residence in Canada in the Economic Class, under the skilled worker category, university professors and lecturers classification. [...] 40 (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible for misrepresentation [...] In Schedule 3, Economic Classes – Federal Skilled Workers, of the application, under work experience, applicants are instructed to list their occupations for the ten years preceding the date of their application identifying the dates of employment, occupation, and other information.
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Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 509 - 2016-05-06
Federal Court DecisionsGurbinder Singh, seeks judicial review pursuant to section 72 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act] of a decision of an Immigration Officer at the High Commission of Canada in London, United Kingdom [the Officer] who refused his application for a permanent resident visa as a skilled worker. [...] [9] The Officer refused the application for a permanent resident visa. [...] [23] The onus remains on the applicant to demonstrate his eligibility for the permanent resident visa.
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Doron v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 429 - 2016-04-20
Federal Court DecisionsHe entered Canada on a work permit on April 3, 2009 and subsequently applied for a permanent resident visa as a skilled worker in the category NOC-7321 (Automobile Mechanic) through the Express Entry program administered by Citizenship and Immigration Canada [CIC]. [...] E. Did the Officer make a reviewable error by denying the Applicant’s application for a permanent resident visa? [...] The Applicant also explained that he learned of this requirement through friends who were also applying for permanent residence.
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Chughtai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 416 - 2016-04-14
Federal Court Decisions[3] On or about July 29, 2008, the applicant submitted an application for permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker. [...] [4] On April 1, 2010, the CIC visa office in Islamabad ceased processing economic permanent resident applications. [...] Applicants must be awarded at least 67 points to be eligible for a federal skilled worker visa.
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Famurewa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 409 - 2016-04-13
Federal Court DecisionsShe became a permanent resident of Canada in June 2006 after a successful skilled worker application. [...] The applicant’s husband may too, have decided that harassing a spouse who resides abroad is too complex or time-consuming, or he may simply did not have the means to do it. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD Docket: IMM-4997-15 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Parssian v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 304 - 2016-03-10
Federal Court Decisions[3] The applicant is a citizen of the United States of America who applied for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the CEC in July of 2014. [...] (a) they have acquired in Canada, within the three years before the date on which their application for permanent residence is made, at least one year of full-time work experience, or the equivalent in part-time work experience, in one or more occupations that are listed in Skill Type 0 Management Occupations or Skill Level [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD Docket: IMM-3841-15 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Charger Logistics Ltd. v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) - 2016 FC 286 - 2016-03-07
Federal Court Decisions[11] The Applicant submits that, instead of looking at the evidence to determine whether the Applicant “will hire or train Canadian citizens or permanent residents or has made, or has agreed to make, reasonable efforts to do so”, as the Officer was required to do under section 203(3)(e), the Officer assessed only whether [...] (e) whether the employer will hire or train Canadian citizens or permanent residents or has made, or has agreed to make, reasonable efforts to do so; [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: imm-3055-15 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Qadeer v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 285 - 2016-03-07
Federal Court DecisionsFollowing concurrence by another officer at the High Commission, the Officer wrote to the Principal Applicant on June 3, 2015, refusing the application for permanent residence. [...] The Principal Applicant’s arguments in support of his ability to become economically established are best considered by the officer who will be re-determining the application for permanent residence. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: imm-3123-15 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Back v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 257 - 2016-02-29
Federal Court Decisions[1] These are applications pursuant to s 72(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [Act] for a writ of mandamus, compelling the Respondent to process the Applicants’ permanent residence applications under the Foreign Skilled Worker [FSW] class, which were terminated by s 87.4(1) of the Act. [...] Federal Skilled Workers Travailleurs qualifiés (fédéral) 87.4 (1) An application by a foreign national for a permanent resident visa as a member of the prescribed class of federal skilled workers that was made before February 27, 2008 is terminated if, before March 29, 2012, it has not been established by an officer, in [...] Federal Skilled Workers Travailleurs qualifiés (fédéral) 87.4 (1) An application by a foreign national for a permanent resident visa as a member of the prescribed class of federal skilled workers that was made before February 27, 2008 is terminated if, before March 29, 2012, it has not been established by an officer, in
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Canadian Union of Postal Workers v. Canada Post Corporation - 2016 FC 252 - 2016-02-26
Federal Court DecisionsCANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS Applicant and CANADA POST CORPORATION [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD Docket: T-2574-14 STYLE OF CAUSE: [...] CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS v CANADA POST CORPORATION PLACE OF HEARING:
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Gedara v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 209 - 2016-02-17
Federal Court DecisionsImmigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act] of the negative substituted evaluation decision of a visa officer, dated April 10, 2015, concurring with another officer’s previous assessment and refusal of the Applicant’s application for permanent residence as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] [2] Suresh Bandara Abeywardane Godabadde Gedara [the Applicant], a citizen of Sri Lanka, applied for permanent residence as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker [FSW] class under the occupation of Medical Radiation Technologist (NOC 3215) in April 2014. [...] If an officer decides to use substituted evaluation when the applicant did meet all the requirements to become a member of the federal skilled worker class (i.e., negative substituted evaluation), the officer will
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Meraj v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 210 - 2016-02-17
Federal Court DecisionsThe Applicants were nominated for permanent residence by the Province of Saskatchewan under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) in the Family Referral Category. [...] The evidence included an offer of a job as a childcare worker from a friend of the Applicant’s sister. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD Docket: IMM-3122-15 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Odunsi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 208 - 2016-02-17
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review pursuant to subsection 72(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act] of the decision of an Immigration officer [the Officer] dated June 3, 2015, refusing the Applicant’s application for a permanent residence as a Federal Skilled Worker due to the [...] [2] Ayodeji Oluwole Odunsi [the Applicant] is a citizen of Nigeria who applied for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker [FSW] class. [...] This provision requires that the skilled worker without arranged employment must:
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Ahmed v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) - 2016 FC 197 - 2016-02-12
Federal Court DecisionsMoreover, the Officer found that the Applicant had not conducted sufficient recruitment efforts to hire Canadian citizens and permanent residents before offering a job to a temporary foreign worker. [...] The fact that ongoing recruitment efforts are also required simply ensures that employers will continue to endeavour to find Canadian citizens or permanent residents to fill the vacant positions until a positive LMO is issued. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-8314-14 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Babic v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) - 2016 FC 174 - 2016-02-09
Federal Court DecisionsFor that reason the worker needs to have both carpentry and welding skills. [...] Of 50 applicants only 40 were either Canadian citizens or permanent residents. [...] (b) whether the employment of the foreign national will or is likely to result in the development or transfer of skills and knowledge for the benefit of Canadian citizens or permanent residents;
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Dhaliwal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 131 - 2016-02-04
Federal Court DecisionsThe Officer refused the Applicant’s application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the federal skilled worker [FSW] class, finding that, contrary to subsection 75(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 [the Regulations], she lacked the intention to reside outside of Quebec. [...] 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 [...] [9] The Officer noted that both subsection 11(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act] and subsection 75(3) of the Regulations require a foreign national to satisfy the legislative requirements in order to obtain a permanent resident visa as a skilled worker, which the Applicant failed to
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Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Khadra - 2016 FC 71 - 2016-01-22
Federal Court DecisionsHe is a mechanical engineer and came to work in Canada as a skilled worker, entering Canada and receiving permanent residency on October 12, 2006. [...] The respondent states in her affidavit that she submitted only those passports and travel documents that she and her daughters had used since they became permanent residents (Respondent’s Record, Affidavit of Djenabou Hope Diallo, page3). [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: T-858-15 STYLE OF CAUSE: