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Study permit refusal set aside as unreasonable.
The applicant, a citizen of Nigeria, sought judicial review of a visa officer's refusal of his study permit application to attend George Brown College in Toronto.
The officer concluded the applicant was not a genuine student and would not leave Canada at the end of his stay.
The Federal Court granted the application for judicial review, finding the visa officer's decision unreasonable and lacking an internally coherent and rational chain of analysis.
The Court held the officer failed to meaningfully engage with the applicant's detailed study plan, financial support from his brother in Canada, and family ties in Nigeria.
The decision was set aside and remitted for redetermination by a different visa officer.
