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Immigration law 2025 FC 1577

Moosavi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a TRV refusal, finding the officer’s bare reasons failed to engage with the applicants’ financial evidence.

  • Temporary resident visa
  • Proof of funds
  • Reasonableness review
  • Remand for redetermination
  • No post-hoc rationalization
  • Temporary-resident-visa
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Immigration 2025 FC 1584

Sharifi Kalangestani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a TRV refusal, finding the officer’s GCMS notes were conclusory and did not show a discernable chain of reasoning under Vavilov.

  • Temporary resident visa
  • Reasonableness review
  • Adequacy of reasons
  • Procedural fairness
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Temporary-resident-visa
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Immigration law 2025 FC 944

Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of an IRCC refusal of an open work permit, finding the officer unreasonably ignored evidence of fixed deposits supporting the applicant’s finances.

  • Open work permit (spousal)
  • Financial sufficiency for temporary stay
  • Standard of review — reasonableness
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Use of boilerplate in decision making
  • Open-work-permit
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Immigration 2024 FC 2044

Trigueros Juarez v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a PRRA refusal, finding the officer unreasonably failed to analyze central evidence that the applicant had been targeted in Nicaragua.

  • Pre-removal risk assessment
  • Reasonableness review
  • Credibility assessment
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Pre-removal-risk-assessment
  • Reasonableness-review
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Immigration 2024 FC 2029

Jahan Sumi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a PRRA refusal, set aside the October 7, 2022 decision, and remitted the matter for redetermination with the New Evidence.

  • Pre-removal risk assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Record completeness (ctr)
  • Judicial review
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Pre-removal-risk-assessment
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Employment insurance 2024 SST 837

DG v Canada Employment Insurance Commission

The General Division breached procedural fairness by denying the claimant the opportunity to have counsel attend by alternate means and committed a legal error by treating a suspension for misconduct as a disqualification rather than a disentitlement; appeal allowed and matter remitted to the General Division for redetermination.

  • Misconduct
  • Vaccination policy non-compliance
  • Right to representation
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Disentitlement vs disqualification
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Immigration law 2024 FC 64

Levi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court quashed an RPD cessation decision, finding it unreasonably assessed subjective intent and failed to weigh relevant evidence under Galindo Camayo.

  • Cessation of refugee status
  • Subjective intent to re-avail
  • Reasonableness review
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Cessation-of-refugee-status
  • Subjective-intent-to-reavail
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Immigration law 2023 FC 1651

Cunningham v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review, finding the officer unreasonably failed to assess mental-health decompression and access to healthcare on return to Jamaica.

  • Mental health decompression
  • Access to healthcare
  • Reasonableness review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Mental-health-decompression
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Employment insurance 2023 SST 1460

Canada Employment Insurance Commission v JP

The General Division committed reversible errors of fact by (1) overlooking relevant and conflicting evidence regarding the dates and duration of the claimant's illness before extending the qualifying period and (2) relying on the Commission's preliminary calculations of insurable hours without obtaining a conclusive CRA ruling despite evidence of dispute; therefore the Appeal Division allowed the appeal and remitted the matter to the General Division for redetermination to allow proper consideration and any necessary CRA ruling.

  • Qualifying period extension
  • Insurable hours of employment
  • Error of fact review
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Cra ruling on insurable hours
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Administrative law 2023 FC 1368

Akme Poultry, Butter & Eggs Distributors Inc v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review, finding the CBSA’s refusal of duty drawback claims unreasonable because it failed to engage with Akme’s key submissions.

  • Duty drawback
  • Records production and inspection
  • Reasonableness review
  • Traceability of goods
  • Remand for redetermination
  • Statutory interpretation
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