1,033 result(s)
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Lee v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2011 FC 617 - 2011-05-26
Federal Court DecisionsOn October 25, 2004, he applied for a permanent resident visa under the “federal skilled worker class” as described in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 (the Regulations). [...] [16] The Applicant applied, in 2004, to come to Canada in the federal skilled worker class. [...] In this case, the Applicant chose to apply as a federal skilled worker.
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Azam Khan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2011 FC 1314 - 2011-11-16
Federal Court DecisionsThe decision, dated 14 January 2011 (Decision), refused the Applicant’s application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class under subsection 75(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations SOR/2002-227 (Regulations). [...] On the strength of the Offer, the Applicant applied for permanent residence in Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker program on 20 December 2009 (Application). [...] He awarded 65 points, which is less than the minimum 67 points required for a permanent resident visa under the Federal Skilled Worker Program.
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Taleb v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2012 FC 384 - 2012-04-03
Federal Court Decisions[1] The applicant is challenging the lawfulness of a decision by a Citizenship and Immigration Canada service delivery agent [the agent] refusing, at the pre‑qualification stage, her application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class on the ground that she does not meet the requirements of subsection [...] [3] On May 31, 2011, the applicant sent the Centralized Intake Office in Sydney an application for permanent residence in the skilled worker class, with supporting documentation. [...] under subsection 75(1) of the Regulations, the federal skilled worker class is a prescribed class of persons who are skilled workers, 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 Province of Quebec.
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Fonseca v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship) - 2022 FC 603 - 2022-04-26
Federal Court Decisions[6] Of significance is that in September 2011, Ms. Fonseca applied for permanent residency under the Canadian Experience Class [Federal Program]; however, her application was refused in October 2011 on account of her not meeting Canada’s official language requirements – her language ability in English was limited. [...] It would seem that Ms. Fonseca’s English language skills were also the reason for the refusal of her 2017 application for permanent residency under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, In‐Demand Skills stream [Ontario Program]. [...] Ms. Rustrian Fonseca does not qualify to apply under the Federal Skilled Worker program either.
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Gugliotti v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2017 FC 71 - 2017-01-19
Federal Court Decisions[6] On February 24, 2016, the Applicant received another letter from CIC, informing her that she had scored an overall point total of 465 and inviting her to apply for permanent residency as a member of the Federal Skilled Workers Class. [...] [25] Section 76(1) of the IRPR, which governs the selection criteria for the Federal Skilled Workers Class, states: [...] 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:
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Nizami v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 265 - 2008-02-28
Federal Court DecisionsThe applicant submitted an application for permanent residence in Canada under the skilled worker category on May 9, 2001. [...] [7] This is the judicial review of the officer’s decision dated January 16, 2007 rejecting the applicant’s application for permanent residence in the skilled worker’s 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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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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Pacheco Silva v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2007 FC 733 - 2007-07-10
Federal Court DecisionsAt paragraph 15 of his reasons for decision, the learned judge dealt with the applicable standard of review of a visa officer’s decision in an application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class: [...] There is no doubt in my mind that the assessment of an Applicant for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class is an exercise of discretion that should be given a high degree of deference. [...] [21] This is a case where the Applicant fell far short of the minimum required for admission to Canada as a permanent resident under the Skilled Worker Class.
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Roohi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 1408 - 2008-12-22
Federal Court DecisionsThe Officer refused her application for permanent residence as a member of the federal skilled worker class. [...] She and her husband applied for permanent resident visas under the federal skilled worker category. [...] [13] Thus, in light of Dunsmuir and Tathgur, I conclude that the standard of review on applications for permanent residence under the skilled worker category is reasonableness and that the decision by the Officer in this case is entitled to a high degree of deference.
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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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Olorunshola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2007 FC 1056 - 2007-10-16
Federal Court Decisions[2] The principal applicant, a 37 year old Nigerian man, submitted an application for permanent residence as a skilled worker to the Buffalo Regional Office on December 17, 2004. [...] [8] As the minimum requirement for permanent residency is 67 points, the applicant was found ineligible for permanent resident status. [...] (5) A skilled worker must specify in their application for a permanent resident visa the four-digit code of the National Occupational Classification that corresponds to each of the occupations engaged in by the applicant and that constitutes the skilled worker's work experience.
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Carrero v. Canada (Citizenshp and Immigration) - 2021 FC 188 - 2021-03-01
Federal Court DecisionsIn 2010, he was granted a certificat de sélection du Québec (“CSQ”) and thereafter applied for permanent residence under the province of Québec’s Skilled Worker program with his then common-law partner and daughter. [...] [12] On September 3, 2019, the Officer denied the Applicant’s application for permanent residence as a Quebec skilled worker, having concluded the Applicant did not satisfy the requirements under subsection 86(2) of the Regulations. [...] (2) A foreign national is a member of the Quebec skilled worker class if they
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Nasr v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2011 FC 783 - 2011-06-27
Federal Court Decisions[3] Rima Nasr (the applicant) applied for permanent residence in Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker Class on March 23, 2010. [...] The applicant applied for permanent residence as a Federal Skilled Worker under the NOC – 4131. [...] Federal Skilled Worker applications ...meeting the following criteria shall be placed into processing immediately upon receipt:
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Ismaili c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration) - 2012 FC 351 - 2012-03-22
Federal Court DecisionsHe filed an application for a permanent resident visa to Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] [3] The applicant submitted an application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the Federal Skilled Worker class on September 17, 2007. [...] [16] A Federal Skilled Worker is defined at subsection 75(2) of the Regulations:
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Kumar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2011 FC 770 - 2011-06-24
Federal Court DecisionsHe applied for permanent residence in Canada under the skilled worker class in August 2009. [...] [4] By letter dated June 3, 2010, the PA was informed that the visa office in the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi had denied his application for permanent residence as a skilled worker. [...] The Overseas Processing Manual 6 – Federal Skilled Workers (OP 6 Manual) suggests that a score of 5 or above indicates a moderate skill level.
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Bar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 317 - 2013-03-28
Federal Court Decisions[3] On December 9, 2009, he filed an application for permanent residence as a skilled worker. [...] [5] The applicant’s permanent residence application was processed at the Federal Skilled Worker Centralized Intake Office in Sydney, Nova Scotia. [...] 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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Hasan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 1206 - 2010-11-30
Federal Court Decisions[1] The present Application concerns the correct interpretation of the regulations that a visa officer is required to apply in determining the “education” component of a person’s application to become a permanent resident of Canada as a “Federal Skilled Worker”. [...] The Federal Skilled Worker category is “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 Province of Quebec” (Regulations: s. 75 and s. 76). [...] [5] In April 2009, the Applicant, Syed Imam Hasan, a citizen of Bangladesh, submitted an application for permanent residency in Canada as a Federal Skilled Worker.
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Esguerra v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 413 - 2008-04-02
Federal Court Decisions[1] This is an application for judicial review brought by Mr. Michael Esguerra from a decision of a visa officer dated April 3, 2007, according to which the applicant does not meet the requirements to obtain the permanent residence under the federal skilled worker category. [...] [3] In March 2002, he filed an application for permanent residence in Canada under the federal skilled worker category at the Canadian Embassy in Manila. [...] 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
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Sydoruk v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2015 FC 945 - 2015-08-06
Federal Court DecisionsShe challenges a decision of a visa officer [the Officer] to refuse her application for a permanent resident visa under the federal skilled worker class, a category of the economic class referred to in s 12(2) of the IRPA. [...] In February, 2013, Ms. Sydoruk applied for a permanent resident visa as a member of the federal skilled worker class. [...] Applicants must receive at least 67 points to be eligible for a federal skilled worker visa.
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Iqbal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 FC 630 - 2013-06-13
Federal Court DecisionsIn the decision, dated August 16, 2012, the officer refused the applicant’s application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] [2] Mr. Johnson Iqbal (the “applicant”) is a 40-year-old citizen of Pakistan who applied for a permanent resident visa under the Federal Skilled Worker class. [...] [9] A visa officer’s exercise of discretion in assessing a permanent residence application under the skilled worker class is reviewable on the reasonableness standard (Persaud v The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2009 FC 206; Ali v The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2011 FC 1247 at para 26).
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Ekama v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 105 - 2020-01-22
Federal Court DecisionsFederal Skilled Worker Class Travailleurs qualifiés (fédéral) 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 [...] Skilled workers Qualité 75 (2) A foreign national is a skilled worker if
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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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Sklyar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2008 FC 1226 - 2008-11-04
Federal Court Decisions[1] This judicial review is in respect of a decision by an immigration officer denying Ms. Sklyar’s application for permanent residence as a skilled worker pursuant to section 75 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, S.O.R./2002-227 (Regulations). [...] 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 [...] (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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Kotanyan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2014 FC 507 - 2014-05-27
Federal Court Decisions[2] The Applicant is a citizen of Armenia who applied in Moscow, Russia, for permanent residence in Canada as a skilled worker on August 15, 2011. [...] [12] Did the officer err in rejecting the Applicant’s application for permanent residence under the federal skilled worker class? [...] Skilled Workers Federal Skilled Workers [...] Skilled workers 75. (2) A foreign national is a skilled worker if
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Debnath v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 904 - 2010-09-10
Federal Court Decisions[3] The Applicant’s first permanent residence application decision was quashed on consent because of an admitted denial of procedural fairness. [...] (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