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Immigration law 2026 FC 111

Mekureya v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court upheld an officer’s finding that the applicant’s marriage was not genuine and dismissed the judicial review, finding no procedural fairness breach.

  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Marriage of convenience
  • Private sponsorship of refugees (psr)
  • Plausibility findings
  • Notice and procedural fairness
  • Bona-fides-of-marriage
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Immigration law 2023 FC 1295

Fashina v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a refused spouse sponsorship, holding there was no procedural unfairness and the officer’s non-cohabitation finding was reasonable.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness review
  • Spouse sponsorship
  • Cohabitation requirement
  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Irpa and irpr interpretation
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Immigration law 2020 FC 228

Bueno v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review, finding the IAD unreasonably assessed whether the marriage was genuine and relied too heavily on peripheral inconsistencies.

  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Family sponsorship
  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Remittal
  • Judicial-review
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Immigration law 2018 FC 1139

Nelson v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review, finding the immigration officer reasonably concluded the marriage was not genuine and was entered into mainly for immigration purposes.

  • Spousal sponsorship
  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Inadmissibility
  • Authorization to return to canada
  • Standard of review
  • Spousal-sponsorship
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Immigration law 2014 FC 7

Koffi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court held that the visa officer reasonably found the applicant’s marriage was not genuine and dismissed the judicial review.

  • Spousal sponsorship
  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Spouse or common-law partner in canada class
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Spousal-sponsorship
  • Bona-fides-of-marriage
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Immigration 2011 FC 552

Polichtchouk v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review, finding the officer’s mistaken references to the Regulations were harmless and the marriage-bona-fides finding was reasonable.

  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Family member inclusion
  • Protected person permanent residence
  • Standard of review
  • Judicial-review
  • Immigration
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Immigration 2010 FC 140

Yadav v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court set aside a refusal of spousal permanent residence, finding a 10.5-month post-interview delay raised procedural fairness concerns.

  • Spouse sponsorship
  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Certified tribunal record (ctr)
  • Delay in administrative decision-making
  • Natural justice
  • Costs (special reasons)
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Immigration TA7-02494

TA7-02494

The claimant's inconsistent testimony, unexplained delays in claiming asylum while resident in other Convention countries, implausible account of a sudden marriage, and lack of corroboration (including silence in psychiatric report about alleged torture/detentions) justified adverse credibility findings on the balance of probabilities; therefore there is no serious possibility of persecution or personal risk of torture on return, and the claim fails.

  • Convention refugee
  • Protection claim
  • Credibility findings
  • Risk of persecution
  • Torture
  • Non-refoulement
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Immigration law 2008 FC 1227

Bin Chen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review after finding procedural unfairness in a skilled worker immigration interview about the genuineness of a marriage.

  • Misrepresentation
  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Section 4 of regulations
  • Section 40 irpa
  • Examination/interview procedures
  • Immigration-law
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Immigration law 2006 FC 1495

Deuk v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an IAD decision applying res judicata to a spouse sponsorship refusal, finding no exceptional circumstances and no procedural unfairness.

  • Res judicata
  • Issue estoppel
  • Fresh evidence
  • Bona fides of marriage
  • Standard of review - patent unreasonableness
  • Procedural fairness
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