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Citizenship Cases

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Citizenship Refusals

  1. Davis v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FCA 41
  2. Magalong v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 966
  3. Wang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 1187
  4. Deldelian v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 854
  5. McAteer v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONCA 578
  6. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Naveen, 2013 FC 972
  7. Dina v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 712
  8. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Ayatizadeh, 2012 FC 1516
  9. Dembele v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1434
  10. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Willoughby, 2012 FC 489
Citizenship Revocation

  1. Oberlander v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 FCA 64
  2. Hassouna v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 473
  3. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration) c. Rubuga, 2015 FC 1073
  4. Stanizai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 74
  5. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Zakaria, 2014 FC 864
  6. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)v. Houchaine, 2014 FC 342
  7. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Savic, 2014 FC 523
  8. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Bilalov, 2013 FC 887
  9. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Rogan, 2011 CF 1007
  10. League for Human Rights of B’Nai Brith Canada v. R., 2010 FCA 307
Passport Cases

  1. Lipsakaia v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FC 789 
  2. Wong v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 FC 152 
  3. Sathasivam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 419
  4. Abdi v. Canada (Attorney General), 2012 FC 642
  5. Kamel v. Canada (Attorney General), 2009 FCA 21
Detention Review and Removal Cases

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Detention Reviews

  1. Brown v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FCA 130
  2. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. JW, 2018 FC 1076
  3. Calin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 731
  4. Kippax v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 429
  5. Bruzzese v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2014 FC 230
  6. Tursunbayev v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2014 FC 5
  7. Azadi v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 FC 743
  8. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Hassan, 2012 FC 1357
  9. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Berisha, 2012 FC 1100
Removal Cases

  1. Sharma v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2022 FC 779
  2. Mudalige Don v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FCA 4
  3. French v. Williams, 2011 ONCJ 406
  4. Wong v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 971
Immigration Appeal Division Cases

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Family Class Appeals (IAD)

  1. Kusi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 68
  2. Grewal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 1186
  3. Phan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 435
  4. Chantladze v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 771
  5. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Chen, 2014 FC 262
  6. Aujla v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 134
  7. Jiang v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 FC 413
  8. Habtenkiel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 397
  9. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Mora, 2013 FC 332
  10. Gill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1522
Permanent Residency Appeals (IAD)

  1. Li v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2021 FC 358
  2. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Rakhmatulina, 2021 FC 660
  3. Metallo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 575
  4. Wu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1152
  5. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Alharbi, 2019 FC 395
  6. Deng v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 338
  7. Castillo-Malunes v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 1130
  8. Sendwa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 1091
  9. Osuna v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 911
  10. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Ma, 2017 FC 886
Inadmissibility Cases

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Security Cases (A34)

  1. Hosseini v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2018 FC 171
  2. Mohammed v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2019 FC 326
  3. Moghaddam v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 1063
  4. Rana v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2018 FC 1080
  5. Alyafi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 89
  6. A.K. v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 236
  7. Shirkhodaei v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 429
  8. Tameh v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2017 FC 288
  9. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Harkat, 2014 SCC 37
Human Rights Violations (A35)

  1. Tameh v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2017 FC 288
  2. Salahaldin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 51
  3. Eugene v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 CF 671
Criminality Cases (A36)

  1. Garcia v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 141
  2. Ching v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2018 FC 839
  3. Discua Melendez v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2018 FC 1131
  4. McAlpin v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2018 FC 422
  5. Discua Melendez v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2018 FC 1131
  6. Barrios v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2018 FC 799
  7. Mukarakate v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2018 FC 1192
  8. Ahmed v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 353
  9. Tran v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2017 SCC 50
  10. Revell v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 905
  11. Clarke v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 393
Organized Criminality (A37)

  1. Revell v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 905
  2. Demaria v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 489
  3. Tarabein v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 1096
  4. Stojkova v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 368
  5. Lesly v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 272
  6. Toor v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 228
  7. Wang v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2021 FC 226
  8. Lai v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2014 FC 258
  9. P. (S.) v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 168
Medical Refusals (A38)

  1. But v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2018 FC 287
  2. Yonten v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 FC 588
  3. Shabdeen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 303
  4. Smiraglia v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 576
  5. Chandidas v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 258
  6. Majeed v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 1204
  7. Kathirgamathamby  v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 811
  8. Zhang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FCA 168
  9. Lawrence v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FCA 257
  10. Chowdhury v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 935
Misrepresentation (A40)

  1. Divya v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 620
  2. Kaur v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 809
  3. Albrifcani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 355
  4. Brefo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 815
  5. Wang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 262
  6. An v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 606
  7. Zubova v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 444
  8. Enache v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 182
  9. Yang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 378
  10. Bao v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 268
  11. Yang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 402
Immigration Act Offences (S.117-137, 144-147)

  1. R. v. Appulonappa, 2014 BCCA 163
  2. Dias v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 FC 64
  3. R. v. Estipona, 2009 ONCJ 263
Labour Market Impact Assessment Cases 

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LMIA

  1. Bhatti v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1757
  2. Millennium Pacific Greenhouses Partnership v. Canada (Employment and Social Development), 2022 FC 960
  3. Dhaliwal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1344
  4. Obeid Farms v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Social Development), 2017 FC 302
  5. Kozul v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Social Development), 2016 FC 1316
  6. Frankie’s Burgers Lougheed Inc. v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Social Development), 2015 FC 27
Ministerial Relief/Record Suspensions and Rehabilitation Cases

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Ministerial Relief/Record Suspensions and Rehabilitation Cases

  1. Hutchinson v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 441
  2. Soe v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2018 FC 1201
  3. Agraira v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36
  4. Aghdam v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2011 FC 131
  5. Tomchin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 231
  6. Douze v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 FC 1337
Permanent Residency Cases

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Canadian Experience Class

  1. Zamani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 19
  2. Samil v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 928 
  3. Jin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 612
  4. Fang v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 196
  5. Qin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FCA 263
Caregiver Program

  1. Garcia v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 141 
  2. Villaneuva Diongson v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 264
  3. Portillo Romero v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 1452
Family Class Applications – In Canada

  1. Wu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 53
  2. Geoffrey v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 228
  3. Do Nascimento v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1424
  4. Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 23
  5. Sandhu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 217
  6. Amayeanvbo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 621
  7. Akinmayowa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 171
  8. Enright v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 1258
  9. Quezada Bustamente v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 1198
Family Class Applications – Outside Canada

  1. Lu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 FC 175
  2. Attaran v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 FCA 37

Federal Skilled Classes

  1. Ijaz v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 67
  2. Trivedi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 766
  3. Liu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 42
  4. Mannil v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 70
  5. Yu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 253
  6. Dinani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 141
  7. Qureshi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 1285
  8. Tabingo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 377
  9. Lee v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FCA 54
  10. Shahid v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FCA 40
Humanitarian Cases – In Land

  1. Trinidad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 65
  2. Senay v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 200 
  3. Jaramillo Zaragoza v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 879 
  4. Li v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 848 
  5. Kanthasamy v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 SCC 61
  6. Aazamyar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 99
  7. Somasundaram v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 1165
  8. Gonzalez v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 38
  9. Serrano Lemus v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FCA 114
  10. Kanthasamy v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FCA 113
Humanitarian Cases – Outside Canada

  1. Cristobal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 572 
  2. Phyang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 81
  3. Abbas v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 36
  4. Habtenkiel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 397
  5. Foroogh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1171
  6. Kobita v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1479
  7. Sun v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 206
  8. Zingano v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 1243
  9. Bernard v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 1121
Provincial Nomination Program (PNP)

  1. Do v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 927 
  2. Griffiths v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 653 
  3. Bano v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 568 
  4. Deol v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 1147
  5. Sran v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 791
Residency Requirements

  1. Waraich v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 307 
  2. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. He, 2018 FC 457 
  3. Durve v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 995
Refugee Cases

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Exclusion Cases

  1. Nader v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 265
  2. Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FCA 102
Interim Federal Health Care

  1. Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 FC 651
Pre-Removal Risk Assessment Applications

  1. Mersha v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 230
  2. Gorgulu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 23  
  3. K.M. v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1726
  4. Atamanchuk v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 767
  5. Susal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1104 
  6. Senay v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 200 
  7. Abdinur v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 880 
  8. Jaramillo Zaragoza v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 879
  9. Nti v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 595 
Refugee Appeal Division

  1. Zeng v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 75
  2. Thind v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1782
  3. Tesema v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1240   
  4. Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1309  
  5. Daodu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 316 
  6. Abu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 258 
  7. Sunday v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 266 
  8. Gao v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 271 
  9. A.B. v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 727  
  10. Zeng v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 318 
Refugee Protection Division Cases

  1. Discua v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 137
Refugee Cessation/Vacation Cases

  1. Kaya v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 123
  2. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Galindo Camayo, 2022 FCA 50  
  3. Barre v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1078  
  4. Doresi v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2022 FC 1300  
  5. Hailu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 15 
Stay of Removal/Motions

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Stay of Removal/Motions

  1. Hoyos Grajales v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1510
  2. Hang v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2020 FC 927
  3. Li v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2019 FC 548
  4. Abdulrahman v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2018 FC 842
  5. Forde v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2018 FC 1029
  6. Calin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 707
  7. Buyu Luemba v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2018 FC 681
Temporary Migration Cases

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Students

  1. Zibadel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 285
  2. Kaur v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 264
  3. Patel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 517
  4. Motala v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 726
  5. Wang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 262
  6. Al Aridi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 381
  7. Demyati v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 701
  8. Penez v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 1001
  9. Sangchai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 376
  10. Yaqoob v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 1370
Temporary Resident Permits

  1. Stewart v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 858
  2. Kadye v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 865
  3. Friesen Letkeman v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1396
  4. Abdelrahman v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration),2020 FC 1141
  5. Shala v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 416
  6. Hoku v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 362
  7. Alabi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 1163
  8. Krasniqi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 743
Visitors

  1. Zibadel v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 285
  2. Lukács v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FCA 36
  3. Kaur v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FCA 136
  4. Brefo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 815
  5. Ni v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 725
  6. Agidi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 691
  7. Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 FC 1111
Workers

  1. Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 215
  2. Wardak v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 582
  3. Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 687
  4. Liu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 954
  5. Galamay Magday v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 1087
  6. Liu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 866
  7. Falgui v. Solomon College Ltd., 2019 ABQB 404
  8. Tcerkovnaia v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2022 FC 861
  9. Brown v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 452