ICYMI - Canadian government unfairly changed standards for immigration cases, judge rules
The government has a small immigration category for self-employed artists and athletes. The program is meant to offer a path to citizenship for people with world-class talents. But in an internal memo revealed during the court process, bureaucrats admitted the information available about the program was confusing and there was no clear standard.
“Warsaw visa officers departed markedly from Ankara’s practice and began to rely upon a number of new and detailed grounds on which self-employed applications might be refused,” he wrote. Many of the applicants were rejected because their business plans lacked sufficient detail, but Brown said in his ruling that had not previously been a standard and it was unfair to impose it without notice.
Immigration lawyer Pantea Jafari represented the 108 applicants she said she believes the decision is a complete rebuke of the government’s approach.Article content “Every one that is similarly situated to our clients has a chance to prove that the decision making process was unfair, and as a result, have their applications reopened as well.”
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