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Judicial review dismissed; decision to deny special relief reasonable due to serious, planned immigration misrepresentations.
The applicant sought judicial review of an Immigration Appeal Division decision confirming his inadmissibility for misrepresentation and finding insufficient humanitarian and compassionate considerations for special relief.
The applicant had gained permanent residence by misrepresenting his marital status and later sponsored his true wife and children under false identities using fraudulent documents.
The Federal Court dismissed the application, holding that the IAD's decision was reasonable.
The IAD properly weighed the applicant's establishment in Canada against the intentional and repeated nature of his misrepresentations, and correctly found that his expressions of remorse were insufficient.
The Court also rejected allegations of bias, finding the IAD had assessed the evidence impartially.
