Canadian Immigration Law

Weekly Digest | June 14, 2026

Key Highlights:

1. Mandamus – Pakatchian v. Canada, 2026 FC 759
2. Study Permit – Azadi v. Canada, 2026 FC 760
3. Removal Order Appeal – Humanitarian and Compassionate – Guclu v. Canada, 2026 FC 747
4. Study Permit – Misrepresentation – Makhija v. Canada, 2026 FC 743
5. Work Permit – Misrepresentation – Hwangbo v. Canada, 2026 FC 771
6. Spousal Sponsorship – Nguyen v. Canada, 2026 FC 790
7. Temporary Resident Visa – Mandamus – Sabour v. Canada, 2026 FC 783
8. Abuse of Process – Liu v. Canada, 2025 FC 1913
9. Spousal Open Work Permit – Temporary Resident Visas – Noori v. Canada, 2026 FC 773
10. Study Permit – Mandamus – Kia v. Canada, 2026 FC 780
11. Work Permit – Khan v. Canada, 2026 FC 770
12. Work Permit – Sun v. Canada, 2026 FC 767
13. Quebec Workers – Spousal Open Work Permits
14. Crisis Response Temporary Measures
15. Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications & Requests
16. Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program
17. Quebec Experience Program
18. Northwest Territories Nominee Program
19. Ebola Immigration Order
20. Latest Draws: Newfoundland & Labrador
21. Important Upcoming Dates

Recent Case Law

• Mandamus – Pakatchian v. Canada, 2026 FC 759: Mandamus dismissed for a 41-year-old Iranian applicant whose multiple-entry visa / study permit for doctoral studies in aerospace engineering at Carleton University had been pending since February 2022. File sent for security screening, with IRCC concerns about his axial compressor design work, Iranian employer’s sanctions listing, and prior collaboration with a professor specializing in military aerospace technology. Delay justified by security screening, section 87 redactions, and no response to a procedural fairness letter or settlement offer. Judicial review dismissed. Read more

• Study Permit – Azadi v. Canada, 2026 FC 760: Study permit refused for an Iranian applicant seeking to complete grade 12 in Canada at the same private Ontario high school he attended virtually since September 2023. Study purpose found unreasonable because less expensive comparative courses were available in Iran and his socio-economic situation did not sufficiently support one year of Canadian study. Officer reasonably relied on the general study plan, no explanation why grade 12 could not be completed virtually, and recent unexplained deposits into his mother’s bank account. Judicial review dismissed. Read more

• Removal Order Appeal – Humanitarian and Compassionate – Guclu v. Canada, 2026 FC 747: IAD appeal dismissed for a Turkish applicant inadmissible for misrepresentation after failing to disclose criminal charges and proceedings in Malta before being sponsored for permanent residence by his Canadian spouse. Special relief sought based on establishment, hardship to his Canadian spouse and adult daughter, and alleged inadvertence. IAD reasonably weighed Canadian residence, assets, business, family hardship, lack of credibility, seriousness of misrepresentation, and lack of remorse before refusing H&C relief. Judicial review dismissed. Read more

• Study Permit – Misrepresentation – Makhija v. Canada, 2026 FC 743: Study permit refused with misrepresentation finding for an Indian applicant whose application included a fraudulent GIC purportedly issued by Scotiabank. Applicant alleged an unlicensed consultant in India submitted the application, created an email account for IRCC, forged his signature, and tried to withdraw shortly before IRCC investigated. Officer reasonably made the finding because there was no response to the procedural fairness letter, no knowledge of a consultant, and attempted withdrawal did not prevent a misrepresentation finding. Judicial review dismissed. Read more

• Work Permit – Misrepresentation – Hwangbo v. Canada, 2026 FC 771: Work permit refused and South Korean applicant found inadmissible for misrepresentation after failing to disclose a Canadian criminal charge. Applicant said she told her former consultant in a March 2024 call, before IRCC’s procedural fairness letter, but was told it was not relevant and the application was not updated. Court accepted her unchallenged affidavit, found former counsel’s advice below reasonable professional assistance, and found she likely would have disclosed the charge or withdrawn if properly advised. Judicial review granted. Read more

• Spousal Sponsorship – Nguyen v. Canada, 2026 FC 790: Inland spousal sponsorship refused for a Vietnamese applicant who entered Canada as a student in 2016, lost status after December 2021, began dating the sponsor in April 2023, became engaged in October 2023, married in November 2023, and moved in with her at a family friend’s home. Officer gave little or no weight to support letters, landlord letter, photos, joint banking, bank statements, credit cards, texts, and cohabitation evidence, citing no affection in photos, casual wedding clothes, everyone in attendance being of Asian descent, no rings, address issues, limited transactions, and few texts. Assessment unreasonable and not responsive to the evidence. Judicial review granted. Read more

• Temporary Resident Visa – Mandamus – Sabour v. Canada, 2026 FC 783: Mandamus granted for an applicant whose TRV to visit his two Canadian daughters had been pending since April 2023. Delay was 11 to 12 times longer than the 98-day service standard, applicant missed family events including eldest daughter’s wedding and youngest daughter’s surgery, and IRCC only pointed to an April 2026 request about prior government service with no specific explanation. IRCC ordered to decide within 30 days, with $2,000 in costs. Read more

• Abuse of Process – Liu v. Canada, 2025 FC 1913: Application struck for a self-represented applicant who filed a fourth substantively identical application after her first application was dismissed for failure to perfect, and she and her spouse filed two more substantively identical applications. New filing raised the same matter, sought the same relief, ignored the prior order’s instruction to seek an extension in the original file instead of filing new mandamus applications updated for time passed, and was a collateral attempt to relitigate the same issues. Application struck as abuse of process. Read more

• Spousal Open Work Permit – TRVs – Noori v. Canada, 2026 FC 773: SOWP and three children’s TRVs refused for an Iranian applicant seeking to join her husband in Vancouver, where he held a work permit and worked as a food store clerk for Pattison Food Group. Officer relied on spouse’s $17.41 hourly wage being below LICO for a family of five, average 11.21 hours/week or 44.84 hours/month, applicant’s limited work history after caring for three children for over 10 years, no Canadian job offer, significant family ties in Canada, limited ties outside Canada, and children having no study permits or school plans. Financial and temporary intent assessment reasonable, including whether family could support a 2.5-year stay in Vancouver. Judicial review dismissed. Read more

• Study Permit – Mandamus – Kia v. Canada, 2026 FC 780: Mandamus granted for an Iranian applicant whose study permit for a Mechanical Engineering PhD at the University of Alberta had been pending since December 2023. Two-and-a-half-year delay exceeded the 60-day service standard at filing and later 41-week processing estimate; applicant deferred the PhD three times and received a final deferral. Delay longer than required, not justified by outdated security screening evidence. IRCC ordered to decide within 30 days, with $1,000 in costs. Read more

• Work Permit – Khan v. Canada, 2026 FC 770: Work permit refused for a Pakistani applicant, married with two children, with engineering, marketing, and MBA credentials and senior work experience with Nestlé Pakistan and Shan Foods, but seeking an LMIA-based administrative assistant role with Maple Leaf Daycare. Officer found no logical career progression because he held higher-level, well-paid roles in Pakistan. Court found improper focus on career counselling, failure to address evidence that the Canadian job paid about $1,000 more/month with fewer responsibilities, and no explanation how alleged overqualification showed overstay risk. Judicial review granted. Read more

• Work Permit – Sun v. Canada, 2026 FC 767: Work permit refused for a Chinese applicant selected for a 36-month Procurement and Purchasing Agent role with Cannara Biotech in Quebec, where the LMIA listed only English. Officer found he lacked French because the job offer and employer documents were in French, duties involved internal and external liaison, and open data search showed “Canada Biotech” operated in French in Quebec. Court found the officer appeared to use the wrong company name, search results were not in the record, and French-language finding lacked justification. Judicial review granted. Read more

IRCC News Updates

• Quebec Workers – Spousal Open Work Permits – June 8, 2026: IRCC updated instructions for the public policy facilitating work permits for prospective permanent residence applicants in Quebec to include spouses or common-law partners under the measure. Read more

• Crisis Response Temporary Measures – June 9, 2026: IRCC updated program instructions for in-Canada temporary special measures related to crises in Haiti, Palestine, Sudan, and Ukraine to clarify temporary resident status requirements, restoration of status, use of the Entry/Exit Program, refusal language, ORG ID tracking, and Transitional Financial Assistance for individuals and families affected by the crisis in Gaza. No expiry dates were changed. Read more

• Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications – June 11, 2026: IRCC updated program instructions for H&C applications and requests, including guidance on the best interests of a child, former Canadian citizens or permanent residents, family relationships, establishment in Canada, ability to establish in Canada, and reconsideration of H&C decisions. The instructions on de facto family members were deleted. Read more

• Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications – June 11, 2025: IRCC updated and created program instructions for H&C applications and requests, including overseas H&C requests, eligibility, criminal inadmissibility, medical inadmissibility, inadmissible family members, financial inadmissibility, social assistance, and statelessness. Read more

Provincial Government News

• Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program – June 11, 2026: Manitoba announced changes to the International Education Stream Career Employment Pathway, inviting candidates with active EOI profiles and at least six months of Manitoba work experience to transition to the Skilled Worker in Manitoba pathway for future EOI draws. The Graduate Internship Pathway remains available for eligible master’s and doctoral graduates who complete a Mitacs internship. Read more

• Quebec Experience Program – June 10, 2026: Quebec will temporarily reopen the Quebec Experience Program from July 2, 2026, to October 31, 2026, for both Quebec graduates and temporary foreign workers, with no intake cap. During this period, Quebec will only receive applications from individuals who obtained an eligible Quebec diploma or accumulated eligible work experience under the PEQ by November 19, 2025. New program information and application forms will be available on June 17, 2026, and applicants should not use old forms. Read more

• Northwest Territories Nominee Program – June 12, 2026: The Government of the Northwest Territories announced online information sessions for employers and foreign nationals on June 16, 2026, and June 18, 2026, ahead of the next Employer Driven Stream EOI draw scheduled for June 25, 2026. The deadline to submit an EOI for consideration in the draw is June 22, 2026. Read more

Canada Gazette Updates

• Ebola Immigration Order – June 13, 2026: Canada Gazette published an order suspending the final processing of certain immigration applications and suspending certain issued immigration documents for foreign nationals outside Canada who reside in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, or Uganda. The order applies to permanent resident visas, TRVs, eTAs, work permits, study permits, and TRPs, and remains in force from May 27 to August 28, 2026, unless amended or repealed. Read more

Latest Draws

Important Upcoming Dates

• June 14, 2026: Deadline to provide input on IRCC’s consultations for the 2027–2029 Immigration Levels Plan, including sustainable immigration levels, labour needs, housing capacity, services, family reunification, refugee protection, and Francophone immigration outside Quebec. Read more

• June 15, 2026: Opening of registration under the British Columbia PNP Temporary Rural / Remote Health Support initiative. Read more

• June 22, 2026: Deadline to submit an Expression of Interest profile for consideration in the next Northwest Territories Nominee Program Employer-Driven Stream draw. Read more

• June 25, 2026: Northwest Territories is scheduled to hold an Employer-Driven Stream EOI draw. Read more

• June 25, 2026: Quebec’s current intake cap period for certain Family Sponsorship undertaking applications remains in effect until this date. Read more

• June 30, 2026: The end of IRCC’s Start-Up Visa intake at the Centralized Intake Office, while existing applications continue to be processed and no new Federal Self-Employed Persons Class applications are accepted. Read more

• July 6, 2026: Opening of Yukon Nominee Program’s second 2026 Expression of Interest intake period under its points-based system, with priority for health care professionals, rural employers, and candidates with Yukon ties. Read more and Read more

• July 15, 2026: Effective date of new regulations strengthening oversight of immigration and citizenship consultants, including expanded complaints and discipline tools, increased penalties, enhanced reporting requirements, and clarified misconduct investigation rules. Read more Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 160, Number 9: Read more

• July 20, 2026: End of IRCC’s FIFA 2026 public policy exempting certain FIFA-invited TRV applicants from the biometrics requirement. Read more

• July 31, 2026: End of Canada’s FIFA 2026 work authorization exemption allowing select FIFA-invited foreign nationals to perform time-limited work in Canada without a work permit. Read more

• July 31, 2026: Expiry of IRCC’s temporary public policy for certain Palestinian nationals in Canada, which allows eligible applicants to apply for fee-exempt temporary status extensions, open work permits, or study permits. Read more

• July 31, 2026: Expiry of IRCC’s in-Canada temporary special measures for foreign nationals affected by the crisis in the State of Palestine. Read more