The applicant applied for a temporary resident visa to visit her siblings in Canada.
The visa officer refused the application based on travel history, family ties, purpose of visit, employment situation, and personal assets.
The applicant sought judicial review.
The Federal Court found the officer's decision unreasonable because the brief GCMS notes failed to adequately explain the basis for relying on travel history and family ties when the evidence was neutral or pointed the other way, and failed to properly account for the evidence regarding the applicant's financial circumstances and pandemic-related unemployment.
The application for judicial review was allowed.
