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Innocent v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship) - 2020 FC 390 - 2020-03-19
Federal Court DecisionsOn the same day, Don Stanley filed an application for permanent residence that he signed himself. [...] [34] It appears, based on subsection 69(2) of the Regulations, that Don Stanley could not be considered for a permanent resident visa when the applicant filed her application for permanent residence, given that he was outside Canada. [...] • The date CIC receives a complete permanent resident application, for applicants in the federal economic class (e.g. federal skilled workers, federal skilled trades, Canadian Experience Class, federal business).
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Kaur v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 442 - 2010-04-23
Federal Court DecisionsFederal Court Cour fédérale Date: 20100423 Docket: IMM-3475-09 [...] She applied for permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker. She indicated that she was a cook, and had been employed in this trade for three and a half years. [...] gives an advantage to applicants for permanent residence who file ambiguous applications.
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Datta v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2012 FC 626 - 2012-05-23
Federal Court Decisions1. an order enjoining the respondent so long as this matter remains sub judice from closing the applicant’s federal skilled worker (FSW) application without having first conducted a bona fide assessment; [and] [...] [3] According to Mr. Datta’s affidavit, in 2004, he and his wife applied for permanent residency in Canada. [...] Mr. Datta sought entry as a member of the skilled worker class. His application appears to have languished until 2008 when he was asked to submit updated documentation.
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Thomasz v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 1159 - 2010-11-19
Federal Court Decisions[1] Mr. Hans Wilhem Thomasz (the “Principal Applicant”), Shiromi Perera, and Ayden Keon Jeremiah Perera (the “Applicants”), seek judicial review of a decision of a Visa Officer (the “Officer”) denying him a permanent resident visa, as a skilled worker, pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection [...] [2] The Principal Applicant applied for permanent resident status as a “skilled worker”. [...] 78 (2) A maximum of 25 points shall be awarded for a skilled worker’s education as follows:
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Sedighi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 445 - 2013-04-29
Federal Court Decisionsto section 72 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 (the “Act”), of the decision of an immigration officer (the “officer”) at the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, refusing the application for permanent residence in Canada as a Federal Skilled Worker of Mr. Seyed Mahdi Sedighi (the “applicant”). [...] The applicant wishes to become a permanent resident of Canada in accordance with subsection 12(2) of the Act, which reads: [...] 76. (1) For the purpose of determining whether a skilled worker, as a member of the federal skill worker class, will be able to become economically established in Canada, they must be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:
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Bano v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 568 - 2020-04-30
Federal Court DecisionsIn January 2017, the Principal Applicant applied for permanent residence on the basis of her provincial nomination. [...] [11] By decision dated January 16, 2019, the Principal Applicant’s permanent residence application was refused on the basis that the Officer was not satisfied that the Principal Applicant had the language skills to become economically established. [...] However, the Officer rejected the application for permanent residence primarily on the basis that the Officer was not satisfied that the principal applicant had the necessary language skills to become economically established in Canada (Begum at paras 2-9).
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Atacan v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 1999-04-19
Federal Court DecisionsOn March 25, 1997 he applied to the Canadian Embassy Immigration Section in Paris, France, for permanent residence in Canada in the independent worker category as an accountant (CCDO 1171-114). [...] [6] The respondent argues that the Officer did not err in rejecting the applicant's application for permanent residence in Canada. [...] [14] In Chatrova, supra, Justice Reed set aside a visa officer"s decision to dismiss an application for permanent residence on the basis, inter alia , that the applicant"s language skills had been improperly assessed.
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Tihomirovs v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2005 FC 479 - 2005-04-12
Federal Court DecisionsShould the motion be granted, it is Mr. Tihomirovs' intention to seek to have the action certified as a class action brought on behalf of all skilled worker, self-employed, entrepreneur and investor applicants for permanent residence, excluding provincial nominees and those destined for the province of Quebec, who submitted [...] Factual Background Relating to Mr. Tihomirovs' Application for Permanent Residence [...] To this end, he filed an application for permanent residence on February 1, 2002 as part of the federal skilled worker class.
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Bano v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2011 FC 401 - 2011-03-31
Federal Court DecisionsIn December 2004, the applicant applied for permanent residence as a skilled worker under the National Occupation Classification (NOC) Code 4131, a college or other vocational instructor. [...] [21] A refusal of an application for permanent residence as a skilled worker has been held to be reviewable on a standard of reasonableness (see Kaur v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 FC 1189 at paragraph 17). [...] (2) A maximum of 25 points shall be awarded for a skilled worker’s education as follows:
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Patel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 602 - 2009-06-11
Federal Court DecisionsPart of the refusal appears to be based on the refusal of a prior application in 2006 for status under the skilled worker class. [...] (a) a national or a permanent resident of the United States; (b) a person who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; [...] a) il est un national ou résident permanent des États-Unis; b) il a été légalement admis aux États-Unis à titre de résident permanent;
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Chowdhury v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2012 FC 935 - 2012-07-27
Federal Court DecisionsShe applied for permanent residence as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker Class under s. 75(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002‑227 [Regulations] on November 25, 2009. [...] In a decision dated November 25, 2011, a visa officer (the Officer) determined that the Applicant did not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] [4] Applications for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class are reviewable on a standard of reasonableness (see Chowdhury #1, above at para 18).
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Ramos-Frances v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2007 FC 142 - 2007-02-07
Federal Court Decisions[1] Mr. Francisco Javier Ramos-Frances, a citizen of Spain, applied for permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker in the occupation of “Flight Crew Member” (National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2271). [...] 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 [...] 11.(1) An application for a permanent resident visa — other than an application for a permanent resident visa made under Part 8 — must be made to the immigration office that serves
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Ramezanpour v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 751 - 2016-07-05
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 September 4, 2015 decision [the Decision] by a visa officer [the Officer] rejecting the Applicant’s application for permanent residence as a skilled worker. [...] On February 11, 2013, she applied for permanent residence as a skilled worker under National Operation Classification [NOC] unit group 6322, or “Cooks”. [...] [13] As a result, the Officer was not satisfied that the Applicant met the requirements for permanent residence as a skilled worker and refused her application.
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Akbar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 1362 - 2008-12-09
Federal Court Decisionsand Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27 (IRPA) of the decision of a visa officer at the Canadian High Commission in London (CHC), United Kingdom, dated September 24, 2007, to refuse for insufficient points the applicant’s request for permanent residence visa as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC). [...] [2] The applicant, Ali Akbar, a citizen of Pakistan and resident of Saudi Arabia, applied for permanent residence as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker Class. [...] The Canadian High Commission in London had been processing all Permanent Resident Applications for those residing in the Gulf since the 1990s, including many with Pakistani education.
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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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Dong v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2024 FC 1023 - 2024-06-28
Federal Court Decisions[11] The Officer assigned little weight to the Applicant’s claim that it was in the best interest of the 17 year old son of his friend for him to acquire permanent resident status. [...] [13] The sole issue is whether the Officer reasonably dealt with the evidence presented in the application before refusing to grant permanent residence. [...] FEDERAL COURT SOLICITORS OF RECORD DOCKET: IMM-6176-23 STYLE OF CAUSE:
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Sooroojebally v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2019 FC 875 - 2019-06-28
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review of the decision of a migration counsellor with the High Commissioner of Canada, Immigration Section, in Sri Lanka [Officer], refusing the Applicant’s permanent residence application, made in the Federal Skilled Worker Class, and finding that the Applicant was inadmissible to [...] In support of her application seeking permanent residence in Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker Class as an interpreter/translator (NOC 5125), she provided two letters of reference. [...] [16] Ms. Hosalli is a program assistant who was involved in the processing of the Applicant’s permanent resident application.
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Ghali v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) - 2016 FC 1277 - 2016-11-15
Federal Court DecisionsThis applies to all assessments of full-time work under the Skilled Workers Program, including whether a job offer in Canada is full-time and whether to grant points for prior work experience in assessing an applicant’s economic suitability to Canada. [...] Residency obligation 28 (1) A permanent resident must comply with a residency obligation with respect to every five-year period. [...] (b) a decision is made outside of Canada that the permanent resident has failed to comply with the residency obligation.
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Rahman v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 835 - 2013-08-01
Federal Court Decisions[16] A visa officer’s assessment of a permanent resident application under the FSW class involves questions of mixed law and fact that are reviewable on the reasonableness standard (Mahouri v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 244, [2013] FCJ No 278 at para 11). [...] 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 [...] 78. (2) A maximum of 25 points shall be awarded for a skilled worker’s education as follows:
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Chaykovskyy v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 96 - 2020-01-22
Federal Court Decisions[6] The Applicant submitted his work permit and permanent residency application on January 22, 2019. [...] [9] On January 24, 2019, the Applicant received a letter from the Visa Officer denying his application for a work permit and permanent residency. [...] (a) classes of temporary residents, such as students and workers; a) les catégories de résidents temporaires, notamment les étudiants et les travailleurs ;
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Dhaliwal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2015 FC 1010 - 2015-08-26
Federal Court Decisions[5] On May 21, 2010, the Applicant, a citizen of India, filed an application for permanent residence under the Federal Investor Class. [...] The applicants in that case challenged a similar provision, section 87.4(1) of the Act, which had terminated permanent resident visa applications of foreign nationals who applied before February 27, 2008 as members of the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] Shukla was an early ruling on section 87 of the Act, where a Federal Skilled Worker applicant, who had filed at the New Delhi Visa office, declined a refund of fees from New Delhi when the law changed, and resubmitted his application with new forms.
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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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Ghalibaf v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2023 FC 1408 - 2023-10-24
Federal Court DecisionsIn December 2018, he was invited to apply for admission to Canada as a permanent resident under the Express Entry federal skilled worker program (the applicant is a civil engineer). [...] I accept that the applicant has been prejudiced by the lengthy delay in processing his application for permanent residence in Canada. [...] A decision shall be rendered on the applicant’s application for permanent residence within sixty (60) days of the date of this judgment.
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Carciu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2023 FC 809 - 2023-06-08
Federal Court Decisions[1] The Applicant is a 45-year-old citizen of Albania and a permanent resident of Greece. [...] [8] Further, the Applicant argues the Officer failed to consider the fact that he intends to apply for permanent residence in Canada. [...] The Applicant’s proposed employer submitted a letter, confirming the company intends to support his permanent residence application.
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Potdar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2019 FC 842 - 2019-06-20
Federal Court Decisions[8] The respondent had also contacted NSOI regarding a potential misrepresentation, advising NSOI that Ms. Potdar had previously applied to immigrate under the Federal Skilled Worker Program [FSWP] and that her daughter was studying at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario. [...] Was the decision to deny the permanent residence application reasonable? [...] C. Did the Officer act unreasonably in denying the permanent residence application?