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Administrative law 2026 CF 148

Tayarah c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration)

La Cour fédérale rejette une demande de mandamus visant la demande de répudiation de citoyenneté, concluant que l’avis de révocation valide suspendait son examen.

  • Mandamus
  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Renunciation
  • Procedural fairness
  • Abuse of process
  • Delay
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Citizenship law 2023 FC 1173

Khan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Judicial review of a citizenship revocation was dismissed. The Court found the delegate reasonably refused special relief under s. 10(1) of the Citizenship Act.

  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Special relief under s.10(1)
  • Misrepresentation/identity fraud
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Responsive justification
  • Citizenship-revocation
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Immigration law 2022 FC 629

Ass'ad Hawari v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a RAD decision denying refugee protection to a stateless Palestinian applicant from Jordan.

  • Statelessness
  • Convention refugee
  • Imputed political opinion
  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness standard
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Citizenship 2021 FC 1248

Xu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court held that no question of general importance should be certified under s. 22.2(d) of the Citizenship Act in this judicial review matter.

  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Judicial review
  • Certification of questions of general importance
  • Remittal to different decision maker
  • Judicial-review
  • Citizenship-revocation
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Immigration law 2020 FC 570

Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Kljajic

The Federal Court granted declarations that Kljajic obtained permanent residence and citizenship by concealment, and was inadmissible under IRPA ss. 35(1)(a) and (b).

  • Inadmissibility
  • Crimes against humanity
  • Revocation of citizenship
  • False representation and concealment
  • Complicity
  • Duress/necessity
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Immigration law 2020 FC 188

Ortiz v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court upheld the Registrar’s cancellation of Mr. Ortiz’s citizenship certificate, finding he was under a removal order when citizenship was granted.

  • Cancellation of citizenship certificate
  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Removal order
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Jurisdiction of registrar
  • Procedural safeguards
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Citizenship law 2018 FC 947

Oberlander v. Canada (Attorney General)

Judicial review dismissed: the Federal Court upheld the Governor in Council’s revocation of Helmut Oberlander’s citizenship under the Ezokola complicity framework.

  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Complicity in war crimes
  • Duress defence
  • Standard of review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Abuse of process
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Immigration law 2018 FC 116

Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vujicic

The Federal Court held that Mr. Vujicic obtained permanent residence by false representation by failing to disclose a manslaughter conviction, supporting citizenship revocation under the Citizenship Act.

  • False representation
  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Hearsay and business records
  • Caips officer notes
  • Foreign judicial records
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Immigration law 2016 FC 1263

Al Madani v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship)

The Federal Court dismissed Nesreen Al Madani’s stay motion in a citizenship revocation judicial review, finding no irreparable harm and that convenience favored the Minister.

  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Stay motion
  • Transitional provisions
  • Procedural fairness
  • Abuse of process
  • Passport revocation
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Immigration law 2016 FC 1264

Esnan v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship)

The Federal Court dismissed Yazeed Esnan’s stay motion in a citizenship revocation matter, finding no irreparable harm and that the balance of convenience favoured the Minister.

  • Revocation of citizenship
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Charter challenge (s.7, s.12)
  • Canadian bill of rights challenge
  • Transitional provisions
  • Abuse of process
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