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Immigration 2026 FC 428

Golmohammadi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review after finding a visa officer unreasonably refused study permits and a related TRV by ignoring key evidence and submissions.

  • Study permit refusal
  • Temporary resident visa
  • Reasonableness review
  • Assessment of study plan
  • Family ties and intention to return
  • Judicial-review
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Immigration 2025 FC 1494

Itaiwah v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a TRV refusal, finding the visa officer unreasonably applied misrepresentation principles and failed to address innocent mistake context.

  • Misrepresentation under irpa
  • Procedural fairness
  • Judicial review
  • Temporary resident visa
  • Inadmissibility
  • Judicial-review
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Immigration law 2024 FC 1881

Selvaratnam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an IAD residency-obligation decision, holding it reasonably found no sufficient humanitarian and compassionate grounds for a permanent resident who studied abroad.

  • Residency obligation s.28 irpa
  • Humanitarian and compassionate considerations
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Deference to administrative decision-makers
  • Weighing of discretionary factors
  • Immigration-law
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Immigration and refugee protection 2024 FC 1756

Gichura v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court dismissed as moot a mandamus judicial review over permanent residence processing, but awarded $2,500 costs to the applicant for unreasonable delay.

  • Mandamus
  • Family sponsorship (other relative / 'lonely canadian')
  • Unreasonable delay
  • Costs
  • Mootness
  • Immigration
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Immigration law 2024 FC 547

Mashayekhi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed Mehrnaz Mashayekhi’s immigration judicial review and certified no question, adopting reasons given in related file IMM-482-23.

  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness review
  • Certification of question
  • Judicial-review
  • Immigration-law
  • Certification-of-question
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Immigration 2023 FC 1402

Salimi Tamagheh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review because the citizenship officer gave no reasons for refusing to suspend processing, leaving the decision unreasonable.

  • Suspension/adjournment of application
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness review
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Eligibility for citizenship
  • Judicial-review
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Immigration 2023 FC 775

Safarian v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court quashed a study permit refusal, finding the officer’s reasons for rejecting the applicant’s MBA plan and cost assessment were unreasonable.

  • Study permit
  • Student visa
  • Reasonableness review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Push and pull factors
  • Post-hoc rationalization
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Immigration law 2023 FC 466

Sejdiu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review, holding the IAD reasonably found the marriage was entered into primarily for immigration purposes and was not genuine.

  • Sponsorship eligibility
  • Family class
  • Inadmissibility for financial reasons
  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Judicial review - reasonableness
  • Marriage genuineness
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Immigration 2023 FC 321

M.F.S. v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed as moot an immigration mandamus application and refused costs, finding no special reasons under Rule 22 despite lengthy processing and prior refusals.

  • Costs
  • Mandamus
  • Procedural fairness
  • Inadmissibility (organized criminality)
  • Duress
  • Delay
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Immigration law 2022 FC 997

Sharafaldin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court found no question of general importance for certification and awarded the applicant lump sum costs of CAD 65,000, following its earlier mandamus ruling.

  • Mandamus
  • Judicial review
  • Costs
  • Certification of questions of general importance
  • Judicial-review
  • Certification-of-questions-of-general-importance
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