1,035 result(s)
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776.
Basra v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 535 - 2009-05-22
Federal Court Decisions[1] Kiranjit Kaur Basra seeks judicial review of the decision of a visa officer refusing her overseas application for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. [...] [6] Ms. Basra’s application was considered first as an application as a skilled worker, and the determination was made that she did not qualify as a member of this class. [...] [7] The officer then considered Ms. Basra’s application for permanent residence on H&C grounds.
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777.
Megharief v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 536 - 2009-05-22
Federal Court Decisions[1] The applicant sought permanent residence in Canada under the skilled worker category. [...] [3] The applicant’s brother also sought permanent residence under the skilled worker category. [...] It is trite law that applicants have the burden of establishing the merits of their request for permanent residence.
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778.
Hameed v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 527 - 2009-05-21
Federal Court Decisions[1] Since 2001, Mr. Saqib Hameed, a 46-year-old citizen of Pakistan, has been trying to obtain permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker. [...] Mr. Hameed now seeks judicial review in respect of the second negative decision on his application for permanent residence. [...] ... 78(2) A maximum of 25 points shall be awarded for a skilled worker’s education as follows:
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779.
Roberts v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 518 - 2009-05-20
Federal Court DecisionsThe corresponding shortfall left her ineligible for permanent resident status under the skilled worker class, barring a substituted evaluation by the Officer. [...] [...] [6] In a July 16, 2008 letter the Officer informed Ms. Roberts that she did not meet the requirements for a permanent resident visa as a member of the skilled worker class, and refused her application. [...] [14] Currently, an applicant needs 67 points to qualify for permanent resident status in the skilled worker class.
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780.
Patel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 477 - 2009-05-08
Federal Court DecisionsFederal Court Cour fédérale Date: 20090508 Docket: IMM-2626-08 [...] [1] In 2002, Mr. Bharatkumar Patel, a citizen of India, applied for permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker (a chemist). [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-2626-08 STYLE OF CAUSE: BHARATKUMAR KANTIBHAI PATEL v. MCI
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781.
Hinzman v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 415 - 2009-04-24
Federal Court DecisionsThe appeal of the Federal Court’s decision was denied by the Federal Court of Appeal on April 30, 2007. [...] [28] Finally, in relation to the Principal Applicant’s inability to apply to enter Canada under the skilled worker program, the Officer found that if the Principal Applicant was charged and/or convicted of being AWOL, he would not be inadmissible to Canada. [...] In fact, counsel is correct to this extent: the risk of the loss of assets acquired while in Canada is common to all who are in Canada without permanent resident status.
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782.
Koromila v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 393 - 2009-04-22
Federal Court Decisions75. (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 [...] (a) the number of applications by skilled workers as members of the federal skilled worker class currently being processed; [...] (b) the number of skilled workers projected to become permanent residents according to the report to Parliament referred to in section 94 of the Act; and
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783.
Santos v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 360 - 2009-04-09
Federal Court DecisionsShe then applied for and was approved in principle for permanent residence in January 2005. [...] Her application for permanent residence was refused on August 22, 2008. [...] (iii) the purpose of the Programme is hence to facilitate the attainment of permanent residence status for foreign domestic workers subject to certain terms and conditions;
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784.
Healey v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 355 - 2009-04-08
Federal Court Decisions[8] The Officer decided that the Applicant had not obtained sufficient points for a permanent residence visa as a member of the federal skilled worker class. [...] 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 [...] (a) the number of applications by skilled workers as members of the federal skilled worker class currently being processed;
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785.
Yoo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 343 - 2009-04-02
Federal Court Decisions[6] The Officer refused the request for an H&C exemption to apply for permanent residence within Canada because the Applicants did not satisfy the Officer that they would face unusual, undeserved or disproportionate hardship if they were to apply for permanent residence outside Canada. [...] [23] The Respondent submits that immigration legislation identifies who qualifies for permanent residence in Canada. [...] The Regulations set out objective criteria to define who is a “dependent child” for the purpose of granting permanent residence.
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786.
Jani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 330 - 2009-03-31
Federal Court Decisions[2] Mr. Jani applied for a permanent resident visa as a member of the skilled worker class on June 17, 2007. [...] [6] Mr. Jani’s application for a permanent resident visa was denied by a second letter signed by the Officer on June 10, 2008. [...] You have obtained insufficient points to qualify for permanent residence in Canada, the minimum requirement being 67 points.
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787.
Khan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 302 - 2009-03-24
Federal Court Decisionsdated March 27, 2008, refusing the principal applicant’s request for a permanent resident visa as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC) for immigration to Canada, because he failed to meet the requirements set out in subsection 75(3) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 (IRPR). [...] [6] The applicant and his family finally received a letter dated March 27, 2008 refusing their application for permanent resident visas as members of the federal skilled workers class. [...] (2) A foreign national is a skilled worker if (a) within the 10 years preceding the date of their application for a permanent resident visa, they have at least one year of continuous full-time employment experience, as described in subsection 80(7), or the equivalent in continuous part-time employment in one or more
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788.
Pharaon v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 276 - 2009-03-18
Federal Court DecisionsImmigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, (the “Act”) of the decision of an immigration officer (the “officer”) at the High Commission of Canada in London, England, dated May 7, 2008, rejecting the applicant’s application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the Quebec economic skilled worker class. [...] [5] In August 2005, he submitted an application for permanent residence to the High Commission of Canada in London, England, for himself, his wife and younger son. [...] The decision rendered by an immigration officer at the High Commission of Canada in London, England, dated May 7, 2008, rejecting the applicant’s application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the Quebec economic skilled worker class, is quashed and the matter is sent back to a different immigration officer for a
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789.
Guan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 274 - 2009-03-17
Federal Court Decisions[8] On September 6, 2005, the visa office received the Applicant’s application for permanent residence in Canada. [...] The Applicant applied as a skilled worker under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. [...] [25] To be admitted as a permanent resident Wang Huan Huan must be a “dependent child” of the Applicant.
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790.
Lionel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 236 - 2009-03-04
Federal Court DecisionsI also note that the applicant would be eligible to apply for permanent residence from outside of Canada through the Economic Class... [...] 3. the immigration officer erred in finding that the applicant would be eligible to apply for permanent residence from abroad; [...] I also note that the applicant would be eligible to apply for permanent residence from outside of Canada through the Economic Class.
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791.
Requidan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 237 - 2009-03-04
Federal Court DecisionsHe submitted an application for permanent residence as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker Category to the Canadian Embassy in Makati City, Philippines, on April 18, 2007. [...] (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;
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792.
Nie v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 220 - 2009-03-03
Federal Court DecisionsIn his decision dated August 12, 2008, the Officer refused the Applicant’s application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the skilled worker class. [...] [2] The Applicant applied for permanent residence, requesting assessment in the occupation of Budget Analyst, National Occupation Classification 1112. [...] ... (b) for any previous period of study in Canada by the skilled worker or the skilled worker's spouse or common-law partner, 5 points;
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793.
Hussain v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 209 - 2009-02-26
Federal Court DecisionsIn that decision, the Officer refused the Applicant’s application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the skilled worker class, requesting assessment in the National Occupation Classification (“NOC”) as a “Business Manager, NOC 0123. [...] [5] The assessment of a person’s qualification to obtain entry into Canada as a member of the skilled worker class is largely a fact-driven exercise to be conducted in light of the statutory criteria. [...] His application for permanent residence showed that he intended to be accompanied by one wife if granted status in Canada.
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794.
Persaud v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 206 - 2009-02-26
Federal Court DecisionsShe made her first application for permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker in 2004, but was refused in January 2005 because her score fell below the minimum required. [...] She then reapplied for permanent residence, again under the skilled worker 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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795.
Vikas v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 207 - 2009-02-26
Federal Court Decisions[3] Vikas (his only name) filed an application for permanent residence as a skilled worker through the Consulate in Buffalo, New York on or about July 31, 2006. [...] (a) the number of applications by skilled workers as members of the federal skilled worker class currently being processed; [...] (b) the number of skilled workers projected to become permanent residents according to the report to Parliament referred to in section 94 of the Act; and
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796.
Marte v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 155 - 2009-02-11
Federal Court Decisions[10] Finally, on March 13, 2008, a negative decision was rendered regarding the application for permanent residence on H & C grounds. [...] [31] “The purpose of the Live-in-caregiver Program [...] is to facilitate the attainment of permanent resident status for foreign domestic workers and therefore, it is incumbent on the Immigration Department to adopt a flexible and constructive approach in its dealings with the Program’s participants. [...] Finally, the applicant filed an application for permanent residence from within Canada on H & C grounds for which she was entitled to obtain at the very least a fair hearing.
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797.
Yao v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 114 - 2009-02-03
Federal Court Decisions[3] In January 2006, Shou Min Yao applied to the Government of Quebec for selection as a permanent resident under an investor program. [...] [21] With respect to the importance of the decision, like many other decisions relating to the acquisition of a permanent residency status, it involves the granting of a privilege rather than a right. [...] [25] In the present instance, this entails that, for example, before reaching any conclusion based on s. 78 of the Regulations which is expressly said to apply only to the part of the Regulations dealing with the “Federal Skilled Workers Class”, the officer should have given an opportunity to the applicants to comment in
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798.
Rodrigues v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 111 - 2009-02-02
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is a judicial review of the decision of a visa officer (Officer) to reject the Applicant’s application for permanent residence as a member of the skilled worker class. [...] [2] The Applicant is a citizen of India and a resident of the United Arab Emirates. [...] On the evidence, it was open to the Officer to reach the conclusion that the Applicant did not have sufficient experience to match the requirements of NOC 1221 for this skilled worker application.
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799.
Hanif v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 68 - 2009-01-23
Federal Court Decisions[3] This is an application for judicial review of the decision dated January 17, 2008, by a visa officer of the Canadian High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan, rejecting the applicant’s application for permanent residence under the skilled workers class. [...] On January 10, 2002, he applied to the Canadian High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan, for permanent residency under the skilled workers class. [...] [14] Sections 73 to 85 of the Regulations govern the evaluation of applications for permanent residence in the (federal) skilled worker class.
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800.
Kachmazov v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 53 - 2009-01-21
Federal Court DecisionsThis selection enables the applicant to apply for permanent residence in Canada under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). [...] (a) has applied in accordance with these Regulations for a temporary resident visa as a member of the visitor, worker or student class; [...] (b) whether the employment of the foreign national is likely to result in the creation or transfer of skills and knowledge for the benefit of Canadian citizens or permanent residents;