| January - 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sr. no. | Case Name | Topic | Decision |
| 1 | Himel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 23 | Work Permit Refusal – Submission of Fraudulent Employment Reference Letter Despite Genuine Work Experience lead to misrepresentation | Unsuccessful |
| 2 | Teimoori v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 6 | Work Permit Refusal for Failure to Demonstrate an Executive or Managerial Need | Unsuccessful |
| 3 | Tehseen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 55 | LMIA Work Permit Refusal – After Officer Failed to Properly Assess Employment Experience | Successful |
| 4 | El Sadek v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 26 | LMIA Work Permit Refusal – Reasonable Misrepresentation Finding on Claimed Work Experience | Unsuccessful |
| 5 | Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 163 | Open Work Permit Refusal – Ineligible Under PGWP Public Policy Due to Expired PGWP | Unsuccessful |
| 6 | Nguyen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 143 | C11 Work Permit Extension Refusal – No Significant Benefit or Viable Temporary Business Plan | Unsuccessful |
| 7 | Tirgovetu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 155 | Work Permit and Restoration Refusal After Applicants Failed to Respond to Procedural Fairness Letter | Unsuccessful |
| 8 | Brar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 130 | LMIA-Based Work Permit Refusal –Work Permit Refusal Upheld After Officer Reasonably Relied on Interview Responses | Unsuccessful |
| 9 | Jain v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 109 | LMIA-Based Work Permit Refusal – Questioning the Authenticity of Education and Employment Evidence | Successful |
| 10 | Sabeti v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 98 | C11 Work Permit Refusal – Reasonable Finding that the Proposed Canadian Business Was Not Financially Viable | Unsuccessful |
| 11 | Naghashyar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 85 | C11 Work Permit Refusal – Reasonable Finding that the Business Plan Did Not Demonstrate Significant Benefit | Unsuccessful |
| 12 | Odeseye v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 93 | PGWP Restoration Refusal – Reasonable Finding that the Applicant Failed to Maintain Full-Time Studies | Unsuccessful |
| 13 | Ahuja v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 33 | Express Entry PR Rejection – Applicant Failed to Establish Former Counsel's Incompetence | Unsuccessful |
| 14 | A.S. v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 199 | PR Refusal – Insufficient Evidence of Membership in an Inadmissible Organization | Successful |
| 15 | Gholami v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 198 | CEC PR Refusal – Failure to Establish Claimed Canadian Work Experience | Unsuccessful |
| 16 | Zhang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 193 | Child Sponsorship PR Refusal – Judicial Review Premature Before IAD Appeal | Unsuccessful |
| 17 | Rojas Anez v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 175 | Permanent Residence Refusal Upheld Where Applicant Did Not Reside in an Eligible Region | Unsuccessful |
| 18 | Kaur v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 162 | Home Child Care Provider PR Refusal – Unreasonable Assessment of Foreign Education Equivalency | Successful |
| 19 | Agbai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 101 | Federal Skilled Worker PR Refusal – Reasonable Finding of Fraudulent Employment Evidence and Material Misrepresentation | Unsuccessful |
| 20 | Khan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 104 | Quebec Investor PR Refusal – Reasonable Finding that the Applicant Did Not Intend to Reside in Quebec | Unsuccessful |
| 21 | Sayekan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 97 | Self-Employed PR Refusal – Insufficient Business Plan and Evidence of Significant Contribution | Unsuccessful |
| 22 | Ujam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 89 | H&C PR Residency Appeal – Reasonable Refusal of H&C Relief Despite Family Hardship | Unsuccessful |
| 23 | Ahuday v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 39 | PNP PR Inadmissibility – Reasonable Finding of Complicity in Crimes Against Humanity | Unsuccessful |
| 24 | Entezami v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 38 | TR-to-PR Pathway Refusal – Failure to Meet Mandatory Language Test Requirement at Time of Application | Unsuccessful |
| 25 | Mortezaei v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 4 | PR Refusal – Procedural Unfairness in Denying Opportunity to Advance H&C Exemption for Adult Dependent Child | Successful |
| 26 | Peng v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 2 | Madamus – Mandamus Granted for Unreasonable Processing Delay | Successful |
| 27 | Gao v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 127 | TRV Refusal – Failure to Consider Significant Financial Evidence, Family Support, and Travel History | Successful |
| 28 | Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 200 | TRV Refusal – Reasonable Misrepresentation Finding Despite Claim of Innocent Error For Past Criminal Charges | Unsuccessful |
| 29 | Rafiq v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 160 | TRV Refusal – Failure to Assess Innocent Misrepresentation Exception | Successful |
| 30 | Lam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 102 | TRV Refusal – Reasonable Finding of Misrepresentation for Failing to Disclose a Previous Overstay | Unsuccessful |
| 31 | Pjetracaj v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 103 | TRV Refusal – Insufficient Financial Evidence and No Improper Reliance on Chinook | Unsuccessful |
| 32 | Malasi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 10 | TRV Refusal – Unreasonable Assessment of Applicant’s Ties to Home Country | Successful |
| 33 | Byfield v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 136 | Organized Criminality Inadmissibility – Reasonable Finding of Membership Based on Fraud Convictions and Corroborating Evidence | Unsuccessful |
| 34 | Tchoudi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 64 | Removal Order Deferral Refusal – Judicial Review Dismissed as Moot Following Removal from Canada | Unsuccessful |
| 35 | Contreras Monterroso v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 170 | Spousal Sponsorship Mandamus – No Special Reasons to Award Costs After Application Became Moot | Unsuccessful |
| 36 | Donzo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 154 | Spousal Sponsorship Application– Mandamus Granted for Unreasonable Processing Delay | Successful |
| 37 | Giles Mendoza v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 192 | H&C Refusal – Reasonable Assessment of Establishment, Past Hardship, and Immigration Fraud | Unsuccessful |
| 38 | Wilson v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 165 | H&C Refusal – Reasonable Assessment of Medical Hardship, Establishment, and Support in Jamaica | Unsuccessful |
| 39 | Nyamondo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 149 | H&C Refusal – Improper Discounting of Establishment and Flawed Best Interests of the Children Analysis | Successful |
| 40 | Ali v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 134 | H&C Refusal – Reasonable Finding that Identity, Nationality, and Paternity Were Not Established | Unsuccessful |
| 41 | JA v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 124 | H&C Refusal – Selective Assessment of Evidence on HIV Stigma, Discrimination, and Access to Medication | Successful |
| 42 | Bibi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 84 | H&C Refusal – Failure to Properly Assess Best Interests Of Child | Successful |
| 43 | Lin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 78 | H&C Refusal – Reasonable Assessment of Establishment and Children’s Best Interests | Unsuccessful |
| 44 | Cordova v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 65 | H&C Refusal – Failure to Properly Assess Children’s Educational Best Interests | Successful |
| 45 | Onifade v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 47 | H&C Refusal – Failure to Properly Assess Best Interests of Child with Autism | Successful |
| 46 | Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 48 | H&C Refusal – No Procedural Unfairness Arising from Alleged Incompetent Immigration Representation | Unsuccessful |
| 47 | Ali v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 13 | H&C Refusal – Unreasonable Best Interests of the Children Assessment | Successful |
| 48 | Daguil v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 3 | H&C Refusal – Unreasonable Assessment of Hardship and Establishment in Canada | Successful |
| 49 | Grobler v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 79 | Study Permit Refusal – Unreasonable Misrepresentation Finding and Rejection of Innocent Mistake Explanation | Successful |
| 50 | Shafei v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 147 | Study Permit Refusal – Reasonable Finding of Insufficient and Unavailable Financial Resources | Unsuccessful |
| 51 | Ahmadalinezhad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 145 | Study Permit Refusal – Failure to Consider Evidence of Financial Support and Home-Country Ties | Successful |
| 52 | Rezvani Gilkolaei v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 194 | Study Permit Refusal – Generic Study Plan Failed to Demonstrate Program Benefits | Unsuccessful |
| 53 | Asuni v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 185 | Study Permit Refusal – Insufficient Evidence of Sponsor Relationship and Financial Support | Unsuccessful |
| 54 | Rivaz v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 168 | Minor Study Permit Refusal – Weak Home Ties, Vague Study Plans, and Insufficient Long-Term Funds | Unsuccessful |
| 55 | Salu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 69 | Study Permit Extension Misrepresentation – Reasonable Rejection of Innocent Mistake Exception | Unsuccessful |
| 56 | Yeung v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 61 | Study Permit Refusal – Reasonable Finding that Proposed Studies Primarily Supported Permanent Residence | Unsuccessful |
| 57 | Mendoza De Jesus v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 32 | Family Class Sponsorship Refusal – Unreasonable H&C Assessment of Same-Sex Relationship and Non-Disclosure | Successful |
| 58 | Gibbs v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 188 | Spousal Sponsorship Refusal – Res Judicata Applied Despite New Evidence of Ongoing Relationship | Unsuccessful |
| 59 | Rayan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 183 | Spousal Sponsorship Refusal – Marriage Invalid Due to Unrecognized Foreign Divorce | Unsuccessful |
| 60 | D'Lima v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 123 | Spousal Sponsorship Refusal – IAD Failed to Address Procedural Fairness and Innocent Misrepresentation Arguments | Successful |
| 61 | Gill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 115 | Spousal Sponsorship Refusal – Applicant Excluded for Sponsor’s Failure to Declare Their Common-Law Relationship | Unsuccessful |
Prepared by:
Dr. Muhammad
Abrar (Barrister and
Solicitor)
Author | Writer | Mentor | Legal Researcher | Canadian Immigration Case Law and
Statistics Analyst





