1,035 result(s)
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Rana v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship) - 2017 FC 209 - 2017-02-22
Federal Court Decisions[1] The Applicant has applied for judicial review of a decision by a visa officer dated July 7, 2016 [the Decision] refusing the Applicant’s application for permanent residence as a Federal Skilled Worker on the basis that his employment history was not genuine. [...] [2] In October 2014, the Applicant submitted an application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. [...] [7] The Applicant acknowledges that it was perhaps reasonable to deny the application for permanent residence on the basis that the employment history was not genuine.
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Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Li - 2017 FC 805 - 2017-09-06
Federal Court Decisions[3] In April 2003, Ms. Li completed an application for permanent residence in Canada under the federal skilled worker class. [...] [5] On August 24, 2004, Ms. Li’s application for permanent residence was approved. [...] [6] On October 1, 2004, Ms. Li and her family became permanent residents of Canada.
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353.
Ahrairoodi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 682 - 2013-06-18
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review of the decision of an officer of Citizenship and Immigration Canada rejecting the applicant’s application for permanent residence in Canada in the “federal skilled worker class.” [...] [3] On April 23, 2012, the officer assessed the applicant’s 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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Morgan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2014 FC 897 - 2014-09-18
Federal Court Decisions[1] The applicant seeks to set aside the decision of a visa officer refusing her application for permanent residency as a member of the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) of skilled workers. [...] [4] On April 25, 2013, Ms Morgan applied for permanent residency under the CEC. She identified two categories as matching her skilled work experience: NOC 1241 (administrative assistant) and NOC 1221 (office assistant). [...] Indeed, there is a line of authority which indicates that, in the context of Federal Skilled Workers (where an officer is similarly required to assess duties performed against the NOC Code descriptors), the officer may legitimately question whether the applicant possesses the relevant experience if all that he or she does
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Trivedi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2014 FC 766 - 2014-07-31
Federal Court DecisionsShe applied for a permanent resident visa as a Federal Skilled Worker in February 2010. [...] [5] On January 28, 2013, the Applicant received a letter from the Respondent dated January 21, 2013 stating that she had failed to respond to the June 25, 2012 letter, and as such the application for permanent residence as a Skilled Worker was refused. [...] [6] In a letter dated January 21, 2013, the Officer refused the Applicant’s application for permanent residence as a Skilled Worker.
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Malonzo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 1012 - 2008-09-10
Federal Court Decisions[1] In November 2004, Ms. Malonzo submitted an application for permanent residence under the skilled worker category. [...] [3] As a result of the interview Ms. Malonzo was unable to achieve sufficient points to qualify for a permanent resident visa as a member of the skilled worker category and her application was rejected. [...] 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
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357.
Garcia Balarezo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 841 - 2020-08-20
Federal Court Decisions[3] I conclude Ms. Garcia’s application for permanent residence must again be returned for redetermination. [...] [5] The redetermination of Ms. Garcia’s application for permanent residence was refused in a January 15, 2019 letter that addressed both her eligibility for permanent residence under the LCP and her request for H&C consideration. [...] A. Ms. Garcia’s Application for Permanent Residence [11] Ms. Garcia came to Canada from Peru in 2009.
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Islam v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2006 FC 424 - 2006-03-31
Federal Court Decisions[1] The present Application concerns the decision of a Visa Officer dated April 20, 2005, in which the Applicant's application for permanent residence as a member of the skilled federal worker class was refused. [...] 79. (1) A skilled worker must specify in their application for a permanent resident visa which of English or French is to be considered their first official language in Canada and which is to be considered their second official language in Canada and must [...] FEDERAL COURT Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record DOCKET: IMM-4049-05
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Lin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2023 FC 209 - 2023-02-13
Federal Court DecisionsThis program was put in place by the government of Canada to recruit foreign workers who wish to work in specific industries within the agri-food sector, and it provides a pathway to permanent residence in Canada. [...] Following her education, Ms. Lin has spent over 15 years — most of her adult life — working in packing and performing the low-skilled job of a factory worker, as she has herself described it. [...] Ms. Lin’s WP application is for an agricultural job which involves similar tasks and requires a similar set of skills as the factory worker job she held for 15 years.
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Ansari v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 849 - 2013-08-08
Federal Court DecisionsAct, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act], of a decision of a visa officer [the Officer] at the Canadian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, made on May 25, 2012, which determined that he did not meet the requirements for permanent resident status in Canada as a Federal Skilled Worker pursuant to subsections 87.3 (2) and (3) of the Act. [...] [2] Mr Ansari, a citizen of Iran, applied for permanent residence as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker [FSW] class, under National Occupational Classification [NOC] 0213 (Computer and Information Systems Manager). [...] [15] According to Operational Bulletin 120 - June 15, 2009, Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) Applications - Procedures for Visa Offices, descriptions of duties taken verbatim from the NOC are to be regarded as self-serving.
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Sarkar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2006 FC 1556 - 2006-12-28
Federal Court Decisionsof this application, the Minister does not argue, as he did in Colaco v. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2006 FC 896 that Hilewitz, above, must be interpreted as being limited to business applicants for permanent residence, (investors, self-employed, or entrepreneurs) but not to the skilled worker class. [...] He is earning an annual salary of approximately $120,000.00 with bonuses and made his application for permanent residence on February 10, 2003 through the Consulate General of Canada in Buffalo in the category of the skilled worker class pursuant to section 70(2)(b) of the Regulations. [...] 1. As noted, his application for permanent residence was received at the Canadian Consulate in Buffalo, New York on February 10, 2003;
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Nikoueian v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 514 - 2013-05-17
Federal Court Decisions[1] This judicial review concerns a decision of a Visa Officer [Officer] where the Officer refused a permanent residence application under the Federal Skilled Worker regulation. [...] 78. (2) A maximum of 25 points shall be awarded for a skilled worker’s education as follows: [...] [6] The Officer relied on the following statement in the Overseas Processing 6 – Federal Skilled Workers Manual [OP 6 Manual] to conclude that the Applicant’s PhD was a first degree at the bachelor level and awarded 20 points:
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Sabur v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2012 FC 390 - 2012-04-03
Federal Court Decisions[1] The applicant is a citizen of Bangladesh who applied for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] [3] The assessment of applications for permanent residence is governed by the grid and parameters provided in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 [the Regulations]. [...] (2) A maximum of 25 points shall be awarded for a skilled worker’s education as follows:
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Ghofrani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 767 - 2008-06-19
Federal Court Decisions[1] In April 2004, the Province of Québec accepted Mr. Ghofrani’s application to immigrate to the Province as a skilled worker. [...] As previously noted, in situations where the Applicant has been accepted by the Province as a skilled worker, the only role of the federal authority is to determine admissibility. [...] [23] There are many reasons why an applicant for permanent residency may be inadmissible to Canada.
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Chaudhry v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2003 FCT 229 - 2003-02-25
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review of the decision of Foreign Service Officer J. Crowther, denying Mr. Chaudry's application for permanent residence as an independent immigrant. [...] [12] The Canadian workplace has shortages in key fields including skilled construction workers. [...] Highly skilled workers such as the applicant are required to maintain Canadian economic prosperity.
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Addae v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2022 FC 375 - 2022-03-21
Federal Court Decisions13 (1) A Canadian citizen or permanent resident, or a group of Canadian citizens or permanent residents, a corporation incorporated under a law of Canada or of a province or an unincorporated organization or association under federal or provincial law — or any combination of them — may sponsor a foreign national, subject to [...] Permanent Resident Visa Issuance 70 (1) An officer shall issue a permanent resident visa to a foreign national if, following an examination, it is established that [...] (b) the economic class, consisting of the federal skilled worker class, the Quebec skilled worker class, the provincial nominee class, the Canadian experience class, the federal skilled trades class, the Atlantic immigration class, the Quebec investor class, the Quebec entrepreneur class, the start-up business class, the
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Bhardwaj v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2000-08-24
Federal Court Decisions[3] Over the years, he has submitted various applications for permanent residence in Canada. [...] [5] On November 25, 1998, the applicant was interviewed with respect to his application for permanent residence in Canada by the visa officer in New Delhi. [...] [10] Did the visa officer err in law or breach a principle of procedural fairness or natural justice in refusing the applicant"s application for permanent residence in Canada?
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Soltanizadeh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 450 - 2020-03-27
Federal Court DecisionsIn early 2010, he applied to immigrate to Canada under the Quebec Skilled Worker Category. [...] On February 16, 2010, the Province of Quebec issued a selection certificate approving his application to immigrate under the Quebec Skilled Worker category as a veterinarian. [...] On April 26, 2010, he applied for a permanent resident visa to Canada.
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Pratap Dev v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2011 FC 1077 - 2011-09-20
Federal Court Decisions[1] Mr. Prabhat Pratap Dev applied for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker Class. [...] 76. (1) For the purpose of determining whether a skilled worker, as a member of the federal skilled worker class, will be able to become economically established in Canada, they must be assessed on the basis of the following criteria: [...] (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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Zahedi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 931 - 2013-09-03
Federal Court Decisions[1] Ali Zahedi and his wife, Elena Paziraie, seek judicial review of the decision of an immigration officer refusing Mr. Zahedi’s application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker Class. [...] [2] Mr. Zahedi asserts that he was denied procedural fairness in the processing of his application for permanent residence as the officer failed to provide him with an opportunity to address the officer’s concerns as to the existence of Mr. Zahedi’s employer and with respect to his job duties. [...] [5] Mr. Zahedi applied for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class in April 2010.
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Bhairon v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2022 FC 739 - 2022-05-18
Federal Court DecisionsI also note that the client indicates that they intend to stay in Canada however there was no APR submitted during the 3 years they worked on their PGWP. This is sufficient work experience to apply on CEC or a skilled worker application. [...] a permanent resident application [12] The Applicant submits that the Officer acted outside his scope of expertise and speculated in noting that the Applicant had not applied for permanent residence (PR) despite having accumulated several years of work experience while holding a PGWP, which could support a skilled worker [...] Entry, and furthermore, given the Applicant’s education and experience, he would not have qualified under the federal skilled worker program stream, with a similar outcome likely for the Canadian Experience class stream, given that he did not yet have a year of experience at the skill levels required by that program.
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Romero v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2012 FC 265 - 2012-02-27
Federal Court DecisionsHe was not satisfied that she was a genuine worker and found that her immigration record showed that she wanted to remain in Canada permanently. [...] 110. The live-in caregiver class is prescribed as a class of foreign nationals who may become permanent residents on the basis of the requirements of this Division. [...] qui peuvent devenir résidents permanents, sur le fondement des exigences prévues à la présente section.
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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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Da Silva Campos v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2015 FC 884 - 2015-07-20
Federal Court Decisions[4] It is alleged that all of the plaintiffs applied for, and were denied, LMO or LMIA assessments, on Temporary Work Permits [TWP], Work Permits [WP], or Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] permanent resident consideration. [...] [10] I agree with the defendants that the plaintiff s’ pleading that they have been or will be denied permanent resident visas owing to ‘quotas’, ‘delays’, and ‘ultra-vires federal criteria’ is far too general. [...] [12] The Statement of Claim, insofar as it makes allegations relating to TFWP, LMIAs, the PNP, the Federal Skilled Workers Program, the Federal Trades Program, work permits, permanent residence visas, compliance orders, assessments of labour shortages, and the food-services moratorium of 2014, is deficient because there are
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Khan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 891 - 2013-08-22
Federal Court DecisionsThe Officer refused the Applicant’s claim for Permanent Residence in Canada as a Federal Skilled Worker. [...] He applied for permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker in June, 2010. [...] [9] A document checklist for skilled worker applications describes the necessary content of employment letters, which are required to prove the necessary work experience.