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Immigration law 2026 FC 40

Asad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a work permit refusal, finding the officer reasonably questioned the applicant’s English ability and finances and owed no further notice duty.

  • Work permit
  • Language requirements
  • Financial requirements
  • Reasonableness review
  • Lmia and caq effect
  • Immigration-law
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Immigration law 2025 FC 1023

Helmzadeh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of an IRCC refusal to grant a substituted evaluation in the Start-up Business Class, finding the Officer applied the wrong statutory focus under IRPR s. 98.10.

  • Substituted evaluation
  • Start-up business class
  • Language requirements
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Mootness
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law 2025 FC 332

Couillard v. Canada (Revenue Agency)

The Federal Court held that the CRA’s bilingual staffing designations for auditor positions were objectively justified under s. 91 of the Official Languages Act.

  • Language requirements
  • Staffing processes
  • Bilingual designation
  • Section 91 ola
  • Remedies and costs
  • Official-languages-act
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Official languages act 2025 FC 331

Jalbert v. Canada (Revenue Agency)

The Federal Court dismissed Mr. Jalbert’s application under s. 77(1) of the Official Languages Act, finding the CRA’s bilingual staffing designations were objectively justified.

  • Designation of bilingual positions
  • Section 91 ola
  • Language requirements
  • Staffing processes
  • Remedies and costs
  • Official-languages-act
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Immigration law 2024 FC 1852

Nguyen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a refused temporary work permit, finding the officer’s brief reasons reasonable on the thin record before them.

  • Work permit
  • Temporary foreign worker
  • Language requirements
  • Lmia
  • Reasonableness review
  • Work-permit
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Immigration law 2024 FC 1344

Wu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a work permit refusal, finding the officer’s reasons on English reading ability were unreasonable and insufficiently explained.

  • Work permit
  • Language requirements
  • Reasonableness review
  • Provincial nomination (sinp)
  • Procedural fairness
  • Work-permit
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Immigration law 2024 FC 323

Bumra v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court held an officer unreasonably refused restoration of status and a work permit by failing to address material evidence of the applicant’s English ability.

  • Restoration of status
  • Work permit
  • Language requirements
  • Lmia
  • Reasonableness review
  • Restoration-of-status
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Immigration law 2023 FC 1754

Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a refused work permit, finding the officer’s language and temporary-resident reasoning lacked an adequate explanation.

  • Work permit
  • Language requirements
  • Temporary residency
  • Labour market impact assessment (lmia)
  • Reasonableness review
  • Judicial-review
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Immigration law 2023 FC 1022

Shirkavand v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a C11 work permit refusal, finding no procedural fairness breach and holding the officer’s decision reasonable.

  • Work permit c11 (global skills strategy)
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness review
  • Language requirements
  • Business plan assessment
  • Lmia exemption
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Administrative law 2023 FC 170

Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a refused work permit, finding the visa officer reasonably relied on the applicant’s IELTS results and LMIA-based job duties.

  • Judicial review
  • Work permit
  • Language requirements
  • Labour market impact assessment
  • Ielts
  • Judicial-review
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