Alex C. Kam

The applicant sought judicial review of a decision by the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) rejecting her claim for refugee protection based on her practice of Falun Gong in China.

The RPD found the applicant's supporting documents to be likely fraudulent and her narrative of exiting China via a smuggler using her own passport to be implausible given airport security measures.

The Federal Court held the RPD's assessment of the evidence, including its comparison of summonses and treatment of the applicant's ability to exit the country, was reasonable.

The application for judicial review was dismissed.

The applicant, a 71-year-old citizen of Russia, sought judicial review of a visa officer's refusal of her application for a temporary resident visa to visit her son in Canada.

The visa officer refused the application on the basis of insufficient funds and lack of ties to her home country.

The Federal Court allowed the application for judicial review, finding the visa officer's decision unreasonable because the GCMS notes lacked sufficient justification for concluding the applicant's son could not support her or that her ties to Russia were insufficient.

The applicant, a citizen of China claiming fear of persecution by the Public Security Bureau due to her involvement in the Church of the Almighty God, sought judicial review of a Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision dismissing her appeal.

The RAD found insufficient evidence to establish she was a genuine practitioner of the faith, noting her superficial religious knowledge.

The Federal Court held that the RAD's assessment was reasonable, as it appropriately weighed her testimony against objective evidence of the Church's tenets and practices.