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Immigration law 2025 FC 1836

Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an H&C refusal, finding the officer reasonably weighed establishment, country conditions, gender-based hardship, and the child’s best interests.

  • H&c applications
  • Judicial review
  • Best interests of the child
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Country conditions
  • Gender-based hardship
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Immigration law 2023 FC 679

Chinwuba v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of an H&C refusal, finding the officer unreasonably assessed the applicant’s establishment in Canada.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate applications
  • Establishment in canada
  • Best interests of the child
  • Credibility findings
  • Standard of review
  • Remittal
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Immigration law 2023 FC 604

Tan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a refused H&C permanent residence application, finding the officer’s reasons reasonable and legally sound.

  • Permanent residence
  • Subsection 25(1) irpa
  • H&c exemption
  • Reasonableness review
  • Family reunification
  • Establishment in canada
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Immigration law 2023 FC 401

Tufail v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a refusal of permanent residence for an adult dependent child, finding the officer’s reasonableness analysis on dependency and H&C relief was sound.

  • Dependent child definition
  • Family class sponsorship
  • Exclusion under paragraph 117(9)(d)
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Immigration-law
  • Judicial-review
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Immigration 2023 FC 260

Zeeshan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an H&C refusal, holding the officer reasonably assessed the evidence of Ahmadi discrimination and other factors.

  • Dependent child definition
  • Section 25(1) irpa
  • Standard of review (vavilov)
  • Reasonableness review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Immigration
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Immigration 2022 FC 1396

Friesen Letkeman v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review, finding unreasonable the refusal of an H&C application and a TRP for Mennonite applicants from Mexico.

  • Best interests of the child
  • Country conditions and targeted risk
  • Reasonableness review (vavilov)
  • Hardship assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-relief
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Immigration 2022 FC 1050

Campbell-Service v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court upheld the refusal of humanitarian and compassionate relief, finding the officer reasonably weighed lack of status, country conditions, and family support.

  • Non-compliance with immigration law
  • Lack of status
  • Hardship assessment
  • Discretion and reasonableness
  • Compassion (chirwa/kanthasamy)
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-grounds
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Immigration law 2022 FC 975

Jafari v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of an H&C refusal, finding the officer unreasonably assessed mosque community involvement and failed to properly weigh the evidence.

  • H&c under irpa s.25(1)
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Establishment in canada
  • Community involvement
  • Best interests of children
  • Remittal
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Immigration law 2022 FC 819

Akinkugbe v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Judicial review of an H&C refusal was granted because the officer unreasonably relied on temporary immigration options and misassessed the applicant’s Canadian establishment.

  • Establishment in canada
  • Reasonableness review
  • Temporary vs permanent residence
  • Assessment of community and religious ties
  • Judicial-review
  • Immigration-law
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Immigration law 2022 FC 769

Kulanaygam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of an H&C refusal, finding the officer unreasonably relied on prior immigration decisions and failed to assess country-condition evidence.

  • H&c relief
  • Reasonableness standard of review
  • Country conditions evidence
  • Reliance on prior immigration decisions
  • Remittal
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-relief
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