Latest Federal Court immigration and citizenship decisions, judicial review developments, and case law relevant to Canadian immigration practice.
Latest Federal Court decisions affecting Canadian immigration and citizenship, with coverage of judicial reviews, visa refusals, procedural fairness, mandamus applications, and other key immigration law issues.
In Financial Credibility, the Federal Court granted judicial review after finding that a visa officer made an adverse credibility finding about the applicants’ bank balance without giving them an opportunity to respond. … Read More
The Federal Court dismissed Neribet Hernandez Hernandez’s application for judicial review of a Refugee Appeal Division decision finding that Mérida, Yucatán, was a viable internal flight alternative (IFA) in Mexico. In Hernandez … Read More
Procedural Fairness in Refugee PR led the Federal Court to quash a refusal based on undisclosed differences in sibling information. … Read More
Misrepresentation was central in Kaur v. Canada, 2026 FC 1216, where the Federal Court set aside a finding that a temporary resident visa holder was inadmissible under section 40(1)(a) of the Immigration … Read More
In Refugee Claim Credibility, the Federal Court dismissed Ms. Oumar Ali Haoua’s application for judicial review of a Refugee Protection Division decision denying her protection claim and finding it had no credible … Read More
In Kariminezhad v. Canada, 2026 FC 1207, the Federal Court granted judicial review of a Canadian Experience Class permanent residence refusal after finding that the officer’s reasons did not address employment evidence … Read More
In a Manifestly Unfounded Claim matter, the Federal Court dismissed the applicants’ motion to extend the time to serve and file their judicial-review record after finding that the proposed memorandum contained fictitious … Read More
The Federal Court allowed a judicial review of a Refugee Appeal Division decision that upheld the refusal of two Mexican nationals’ refugee claim. In Ramirez v. Canada, 2026 FC 1197, Justice Negar … Read More
In Marriage Genuineness, the Federal Court dismissed Ibifuro Stella Williams’s challenge to the refusal of her family-class permanent residence application. The Court found it was reasonably open to the immigration officer to … Read More
The Federal Court dismissed an application for judicial review in Refugee IFA, Torres Ortega v. Canada, 2026 FC 1193, finding the Refugee Appeal Division reasonably concluded that Merida, Mexico, was a viable … Read More