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Immigration law 2026 CF 621

Barry c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration)

La Cour fédérale rejette le contrôle judiciaire d’un refus de demande CH, jugeant raisonnable l’analyse sur l’identité, l’établissement, l’intérêt supérieur des enfants et la preuve médicale.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds (s.25 lipr)
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Identity and biometrics
  • Best interests of the child
  • Weight of medical evidence
  • Procedural fairness
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Immigration law 2025 FC 438

Alkalheh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of an H&C refusal, holding the officer’s decision was reasonable and showed proper consideration of the evidence.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Permanent residence applications
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Best interests of the child
  • Assessment of establishment in canada
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-grounds
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Immigration law 2024 FC 903

Horo Sao v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed an immigration judicial review, finding the officer unreasonably failed to engage with continuing-risk evidence and gave only cursory attention to establishment in Canada.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Reasonableness standard of review
  • Remission for redetermination
  • Assessment of establishment in canada
  • Immigration-law
  • Judicial-review
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Immigration law 2022 FC 368

Wang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court held that the H&C decision was unreasonable because it failed to take a holistic view of establishment and hardship and relied too heavily on immigration non-compliance.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Judicial review - reasonableness standard
  • Assessment of establishment in canada
  • Hardship and adverse country conditions
  • Weight of immigration non-compliance
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-grounds
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Immigration law 2017 FC 340

Shtjefhilaj v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a refused H&C application, finding the child best-interests analysis unreasonable, but upheld the procedural fairness and establishment findings.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Procedural fairness
  • Best interests of the child
  • Assessment of establishment in canada
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Best-interests-of-the-child
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Immigration law 2010 FC 386

Mikhno v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court judgment dismissing judicial review of an immigration officer’s refusal of an H&C application under s. 25(1) of IRPA.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Pre-removal risk assessment (prra)
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Credibility findings
  • Assessment of establishment in canada
  • Oral hearing/ procedural fairness
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Immigration law 2003 FC 1252

Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Pathmanathan

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review, finding the Immigration Appeal Division had considered the respondent’s full criminal record, public safety, and rehabilitation.

  • Judicial review
  • Deportation
  • Stay of removal
  • Public safety
  • Rehabilitation
  • Assessment of establishment in canada
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