Judicial review of visa denial dismissed; officer reasonably found primary purpose was to acquire residency.
The applicants sought judicial review of a decision denying their permanent residence applications under the Start-up Visa Program.
The officer found that the primary purpose of their business venture was to acquire residency status.
The Federal Court dismissed the application, finding the officer's decision reasonable as it was based on an internally coherent chain of analysis and justified in relation to the facts and law.
Application for judicial review of visa officer's refusal of permanent residence application dismissed.
The applicant sought judicial review of a visa officer's decision refusing his application for permanent residence under the Self-Employed Person Class as a calligrapher.
The applicant argued procedural fairness was breached because the officer decided the application without a business plan and updated language test results that his representative claimed would be submitted.
The Federal Court dismissed the application, finding no procedural unfairness because there was no evidence the documents were actually submitted, and the officer reasonably concluded the applicant failed to demonstrate he could succeed as a self-employed person in Canada.
