Kariminezhad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Decided: 2026-09-29. Docket: IMM-9018-25. Citation: 2026 FC 1207 (CanLII). Administrative law — Judicial review — Reasonableness — Vavilov framework — Whether reasons were justified, transparent, and intelligible — Failure to grapple with central, contradictory evidence in the record — Requirement for internally coherent and rational chain of analysis — Application for judicial review granted | Citizenship and immigration — Permanent residence — Canadian Experience Class — IRPR, s. 87.1 — Whether qualifying Canadian work experience was reasonably assessed — Employer letters, pay stubs and Notices of Assessment as corroborative documentation — Officer’s refusal for insufficient proof of duties and duration found unreasonable — Matter sent back to a different Officer | Administrative law — R