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Immigration 2026 FC 121

Tajik v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court held that a TRV refusal was reasonable under Vavilov, finding the applicants had not credibly explained the trip purpose or large bank deposits.

  • Temporary resident visa
  • Standard of review - reasonableness (vavilov)
  • Adequacy of reasons
  • Financial assessment
  • Travel history
  • Temporary-resident-visa
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Immigration law 2024 FC 1805

Vandalvand v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a TRV refusal, finding the officer’s reasons did not adequately justify the assessment of finances, ties to Iran, and travel history.

  • Temporary resident visa (trv) refusal
  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness review (vavilov)
  • Family ties assessment
  • Financial evidence
  • Travel history
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Immigration law 2024 FC 956

Ahsan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of a visitor visa refusal, holding the officer reasonably found insufficient financial establishment and no procedural unfairness.

  • Visitor visa refusal
  • Financial establishment/ties
  • Procedural fairness - notice
  • Travel history
  • Visitor-visa-refusal
  • Financial-establishment
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Immigration law 2023 FC 1583

Zambrano v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a temporary resident visa refusal, finding the officer’s reasons unreasonable on family ties, finances, and travel history.

  • Temporary resident visa refusal
  • Reasonableness review
  • Family ties
  • Financial assessment
  • Travel history
  • Operational manual op 11
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Immigration law 2023 FC 1448

Nimrani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a Super Visa refusal, finding the officer ignored key positive evidence and relied on unexplained factors.

  • Super visa
  • Temporary resident visa
  • Reasonableness review (vavilov)
  • Visa officer reasons
  • Ties to home country
  • Travel history
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Immigration 2023 FC 132

Najmi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a study-permit/temporary-resident-visa refusal, finding the officer’s reasons lacked justification and improperly treated lack of travel history as negative.

  • Study permit
  • Temporary resident visa
  • Reasonableness review
  • Travel history
  • Socio-economic assessment
  • Motivation to study
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Immigration law 2021 FC 387

Alabi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court judicial review of a RAD credibility decision in a refugee protection claim. The Court found no reviewable error and dismissed the application.

  • Credibility assessment
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Persecution risk
  • Interfaith marriage
  • Female genital mutilation
  • Evidentiary weight of police reports
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Immigration law 2020 FC 517

Patel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court allowed judicial review of a study permit refusal, finding no procedural unfairness but holding the officer’s reasons on English ability were unreasonable.

  • Study permit
  • Bona fide student
  • Reasonableness review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Language proficiency
  • Travel history
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Immigration TB8-06396

TB8-06396

The Tribunal confirmed the RPD's decision because material omissions in the Principal Appellant's BOC and unexplained inconsistencies in the Appellants' travel history rationally rebutted the presumption of truth; combined with the Principal Appellant's insufficient demonstrated knowledge of Falun Gong, these grounds justified adverse credibility findings and denial of refugee protection under s.111(1)(a) IRPA.

  • Refugee protection
  • Credibility assessment
  • Basis of claim (boc) omissions
  • Falun gong practice
  • Well-founded fear
  • Travel history
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Immigration law 2018 FC 368

Wang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review, upholding a misrepresentation finding under s 40 of IRPA based on undisclosed travel history and rejecting the innocent error argument.

  • Misrepresentation
  • Admissibility
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Travel history
  • Section 40 irpa
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