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Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Selection and admission — Permanent residence applications — Applicant applied for permanent residency visa under skilled-worker class — Applicant failed to disclose all of her previous employment — Application was denied based on finding that applicant withheld information about her work experience that could have induced error in administration of law — …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Requirements — Well founded fear of persecution — Credibility — Refugee claimant was citizen of Guatemala who alleged fear and risk to his life at hands of kidnappers who were aware that he witnessed kidnapping — Refugee Protection Division (RPD) noted discrepancies between claimant’s amended Personal Information Form and …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Selection and admission — Humanitarian and compassionate grounds — Applicants were denied refugee status and received negative pre-removal risk assessment — Applicant’s humanitarian and compassionate application for permanent residence was dismissed — Applicants had Canadian-born child who had health issues — Officer was not satisfied that Canadian-born child suffered from medical condition …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Requirements — Well-founded fear of persecution — Presumption of state protection — Refugee claimant was 21-year-old Colombian citizen who alleged fear of persecution by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (“FARC”) — Claimant alleged that his mother and father had been harassed by FARC since 1997 that his father had …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Requirements — Identity — Refugee claimant alleged that she was citizen of Mauritania — In hearing before Refugee Protection Division (RPD) claimant produced single identity document in form of photocopy of birth certificate — RPD was not satisfied with claimant’s explanations for failing to produce original birth certificate or …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Requirements — Credibility — Refugee claimant was Kurdish Alevi citizen of Turkey who alleged fear of persecution as Kurdish Alevi and leftist who had publicly supported pro-Kurdish parties — Claimant alleged that he had been discriminated against, detained and tortured for these reasons on number of occasions — RPD …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! CITIZENSHIP — Qualifications — Residence — Applicant was citizen of Nigeria — Applicant came to Canada in 2004, and was found to be convention refugee in 2005 — Applicant became permanent resident in 2006 — In 2009, applicant applied for Canadian citizenship — Citizenship judge denied application on basis that applicant did not meet …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Exclusion and expulsion — Detention — Immigration Division released respondent from detention — Applicant Minister applied for judicial review — Application granted — Decision to release respondent from custody was unreasonable — There was overwhelming evidence that respondent was not rehabilitated; had shown no remorse for serious assault on wife that almost …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Requirements — Applicant did not attempt to access state protection from her ex-husband in country of origin because she believed that domestic abuse was not taken seriously in country of origin — Refugee Protection Division of Immigration and Refugee Board (“RPD”) denied applicant refugee protection based on lack of …
Judgement for this Case: Click here! CITIZENSHIP — Qualifications — Residence — Applicant entered Canada in October 2007, and she resided in Windsor, Ontario — Applicant became permanent resident of Canada in November 2010 — Applicant applied for Canadian citizenship in February 2013 — Citizenship judge refused application for Canadian citizenship due to failure to meet residency requirements under s. …
