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Naderika v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2015 FC 788 - 2015-06-24
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 [IRPA], of a decision of an immigration officer [the Officer] refusing Mr. Naderika’s application for permanent residence in Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker [FSW] class [the [...] 25. The documentation now provided by the PA appears to allow him to reach a score of 67 on his skilled worker score. [...] 2. The Officer’s decision refusing Mr. Naderika’s application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class and Mr. Naderika’s request to reconsider his application is set aside.
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Hosseini v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 766 - 2013-07-09
Federal Court DecisionsImmigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c. 27 (Act) for judicial review of the decision of a Visa Officer (Officer) of the Canadian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, dated 26 June 2012 (Decision), which refused the Applicant’s application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] He submitted an application for Permanent Residence as a Federal Skilled Worker on 15 March 2010 under National Occupation Classification code (NOC) 0711 – Construction Manager. [...] [13] The first issue involves an evaluation of the Officer’s conclusion that the Applicant was ineligible under the Federal Skilled Worker category.
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Teng v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 373 - 2010-04-09
Federal Court DecisionsShe applied for permanent residence as a skilled worker but was turned down. [...] In 2007, Ms. Teng once again applied for permanent residence as a skilled worker (Secretary). [...] Her application failed because of an absence of evidence that she met the definition of a skilled worker.
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Farooq v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 164 - 2013-02-15
Federal Court DecisionsIn this case, the officer refused the application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker category made by Mr. Umar Farooq (the “applicant”). [...] On July 15, 2010, the applicant applied for permanent residence in Canada as part of the skilled worker class. [...] The decision of a visa officer rendered on March 19, 2012 refusing the application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker category made by the applicant is quashed and the matter is remitted to a different visa officer for re-determination.
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Qin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 147 - 2013-02-08
Federal Court Decisions[4] More specifically, the applicant asserts that the officer committed a reviewable error in considering the HRSDC wage data because this criterion is not listed in the portions of the Regulations dealing with the Canadian Experience Class (as opposed to the Federal Skilled Worker Class, which specifically references [...] (ii) have acquired in Canada within the 36 months before the day on which their application for permanent residence is made at least 24 months 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 A or B [...] [21] These provisions may be contrasted with the provisions in the Regulations on the Federal Skilled Worker [FSW] Class, which specifically contemplate review of salary as part of the eligibility determination.
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Shangguan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2007 FC 75 - 2007-01-30
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is a judicial review of a decision of Mary Keefe, an immigration officer (the Officer), dated March 14, 2006, refusing Yufang Shangguan’s application for permanent residence in the skilled worker category on the basis that she did not meet the requirements under paragraph 75(2)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee [...] * * * * * * * * [2] On April 13, 2004, Yufang Shangguan, the applicant, submitted an application for permanent residence in Canada under the skilled worker category with an intended occupation of Restaurant and Food Services Manager. [...] 75. (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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Parmar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 723 - 2010-07-02
Federal Court DecisionsPrivate special education training paid for by an applicant for permanent residence as well as at home care provided by the family are two such relevant factors for this determination. [...] [6] This is the applicant’s second judicial review application on this issue of the family’s inadmissibility for permanent residence in Canada because of Inderjot’s health condition. [...] He concluded the balances could have been inflated for the purpose of his application for permanent residence
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Airapetyan v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2007 FC 42 - 2007-01-17
Federal Court DecisionsShe applied for permanent residence in November 2001 in the independent category along with her husband and children. [...] The respondent also argues that the determination in Hilewitz, above, regarding the need to consider the ability to pay cannot extend beyond the business immigration categories to federal skilled workers. [...] Federal skilled workers, the respondent argues, are not required to provide objective and reliable evidence of their financial resources other than demonstrating that they possess adequate settlement funds.
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Agama v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 135 - 2013-02-07
Federal Court Decisions[1] The Applicant was denied a permanent resident visa under the Skilled Workers Class because her application fell outside the annual “cap” imposed by policy on this class. [...] [2] In the Ministerial Instructions, Canada Gazette, Vol 145, No 26 [Ministerial Instructions] of June 25, 2011, a maximum of 10,000 Federal Skilled Worker applications, without offers of employment, would be considered in the year. [...] [3] Within the 10,000 new Federal Skilled Worker applications, a maximum of 500 applications per National Occupation Classification [NOC] would be considered for processing in each year.
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Marr v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2011 FC 367 - 2011-03-28
Federal Court Decisions[1] Mr. Marr seeks to set aside a decision of a visa officer of the High Commission of Canada in London, England refusing his application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the federal skilled worker class. [...] If the letter had been included in his original application, Mr. Marr would have had a sufficient number of points to be granted the permanent resident visa. [...] 1. The decision of the visa officer refusing the applicant’s application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the federal skilled worker class is set aside;
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Shetty v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2012 FC 1321 - 2012-11-14
Federal Court DecisionsIn the decision, the Officer refused the Applicant’s application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] [4] Mr. Shetty applied for permanent residence in Canada as a Federal Skilled Worker in early 2010 on the basis of his minimum of one year’s experience in a designated National Occupation Classification (NOC). [...] Additionally, since he is not currently a resident of any form in Canada, nor does he have a job offer in Canada, Mr. Shetty was not qualified to come to Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker category.
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Arango v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 424 - 2010-04-19
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for the judicial review of the decision (the decision), dated March 27, 2009, of a Visa Officer (the Officer) to refuse the Applicant’s application for immigrant visas to Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker class of migrants. [...] [4] In October 2006, the Applicant applied for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker class at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico. [...] [6] The Federal Skilled Worker class is governed by sections 75 to 85 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 (Regulations).
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Muthui v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2014 FC 105 - 2014-01-30
Federal Court DecisionsShe submitted an application for permanent residence in Canada in 2010 in the Federal Skilled Worker class under National Occupation Code (NOC) 3152 as a registered nurse. [...] Accordingly, the officer found that the Applicant was not eligible for permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker and, for the reasons set out, was satisfied that she was inadmissible pursuant to subsection 11(1) of the IRPA. [...] [10] This Court has applied the reasonableness standard when reviewing an officer’s assessment of evidence on an application for permanent residence under the federal skilled worker class (Roberts v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 FC 518 at para 15, [2009] FCJ No 644 (QL); Bazaid v Canada (Minister of
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Diwalpitiye v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2012 FC 885 - 2012-07-13
Federal Court Decisionsof Immigration Counsellor B. Hudson (Counsellor Hudson), dated April 5, 2011, which found the applicant inadmissible for misrepresentation pursuant to section 40(1)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 (IRPA), and therefore refused his application for permanent residence as a skilled worker. [...] He submitted an application for permanent residence in 2009 under the federal skilled worker class as a priest. [...] The officer therefore found the applicant inadmissible and refused his application for permanent residence.
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Aryaie v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 469 - 2013-05-06
Federal Court Decisions72(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act] of a decision by an immigration officer [the officer] at the Embassy of Canada in Warsaw, Poland [the Embassy], wherein officer refused the applicant’s application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the federal skilled worker class. [...] He applied for permanent residence in Canada as a federal skilled worker in August 2009. [...] It is clear that even if the officer had waited to receive the Iranian police certificate prior to making the decision, the applicant would still not have been entitled to a sufficient amount of points to qualify for immigration under the federal skilled worker program because of his failure to submit the requested
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Gill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 466 - 2010-04-28
Federal Court DecisionsFederal Court Cour fédérale Date: 20100428 Docket: IMM-3551-09 [...] [1] Mr. Gill, a citizen and resident of India, applied for permanent residence in Canada in 2005. [...] His application had been assessed as a member of the federal skilled worker class, more particularly as a secondary school teacher.
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Cabral v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 1040 - 2016-09-14
Federal Court DecisionsShe previously reviewed and assessed a number of different types of applications for eligibility under the economic class under the federal skilled worker program, Canadian experience class, and FSTC. [...] Federal Skilled Trades Class Application Requirements [17] There are a number of programs in Canada under which persons may immigrate to and seek permanent residence in Canada. [...] Federal Skilled Trades Class Travailleurs de métiers spécialisés (fédéral)
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El Sherbiny v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 69 - 2013-01-24
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for the judicial review of a decision of a visa officer [officer] of Citizenship and Immigration Canada [CIC], dated March 11, 2012, which refused the applicant’s permanent resident visa application [application] under the Federal Skilled Worker [FSW] class. [...] [11] In particular, the respondent has drawn the Court’s attention to the document checklist available to the applicant and his immigration consultant on the website at that time: Application for Permanent Residence – Skilled Workers – Visa Office Specific Instructions – Cairo – IMM7011 E (10-2009). [...] • If your close relative is a permanent resident of Canada: photocopy of his or her Record of landing (IMM 1000), Confirmation of Permanent Residence or Permanent resident Card.
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Tihomirovs v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2006 FC 197 - 2006-02-14
Federal Court DecisionsAt the same time, he moves to have the action certified as a class action brought on behalf of all skilled workers, self-employed, entrepreneur and investor applicants for permanent residence, excluding provincial nominees and those destined for the province of Quebec, who submitted their applications between January 1, [...] To this end, he filed an application for permanent residence on February 1, 2002, as part of the federal skilled worker class. [...] i) Persons who submitted an application for permanent residence in Canada between January 1, 2002 and June 28, 2002 in the skilled worker, self- employed, entrepreneur and investor categories (referred to in subsection 8(1) of the Immigration Regulations, 1978), excluding provincial nominees and those destined for Quebec;
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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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Qazi v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2006 FC 1177 - 2006-10-04
Federal Court Decisions[1] On November 25, 1999, Mr. Mahmood Qazi applied for a permanent resident visa in the skilled worker category. [...] • On November 25, 1999, the application for permanent residence was made. [...] [8] In support of this argument Mr. Qazi points to the guidance given to officers in Chapter 6 of the Overseas Processing Manual (OP 6) which deals with processing applications in the Federal Skilled Workers category.
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Gau v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2006 FC 1258 - 2006-10-23
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review of a decision of a visa officer refusing Hui-Chun Gau’s application for permanent residence as part of the skilled worker class. [...] [5] Ms. Gau applied for a permanent resident visa under the skilled worker class, and was assessed a total of 68 points, making her eligible for a visa. [...] [19] That is, at the time that Ms. Gau filed her application for permanent residence in 2004, applications of this nature were governed by the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in the Hilewitz and DeJong matters.
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Bighashi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 1110 - 2013-10-31
Federal Court Decisions[1] Mr. Bighashi applied for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker Class. [...] [9] I agree with the Minister that at the relevant time, there were three steps in the Ministerial Instructions in OP 6A for processing Federal Skilled Worker applications. [...] [16] Subsection 75(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 [Regulations], sets out the requirements for immigrants applying for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Workers class:
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Qureshi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 1285 - 2013-12-23
Federal Court Decisionsis an application, pursuant to s 72.1 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [IRPA], for judicial review of a decision of a visa officer (“the Officer”) dated May 24, 2012, and received October 5, 2012, refusing the applicant’s application for permanent residence in Canada as a federal skilled worker. [...] [3] The applicant, Mr Mohammad Shabir Qureshi, made an application for permanent residence in Canada from Pakistan under the Federal Skilled Worker Class [FSWC] in 2010 stating that he had at least one year of continuous full-time or equivalent paid work experience in the 10 years prior to his application under NOC 4131 [...] [5] Attached to his application on the Schedule 3, Economic Classes - Federal Skilled Workers form, the applicant indicated for the NOC 4131 requirement that he had more than one year but less than two years of experience.
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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 ...