Kidane v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Decided: 2026-10-23. Docket: IMM-10290-25. Citation: 2026 FC 1296 (CanLII). Citizenship and immigration — Permanent residence — Convention Refugee Abroad class — Durable solution — Refusal based on marriage and family life in Ethiopia — Whether marriage to a citizen establishes a durable solution — Negative decision set aside — Redetermination ordered by a different Officer | Administrative law — Judicial review — Reasonableness — Vavilov framework — Whether decision disregarded countervailing evidence and submissions — Justification, intelligibility and transparency lacking — Unexplained conclusion on durable solution — Application for judicial review granted | Administrative law — Remedies — Substituted decision — Whether Court should direct permanent residence be granted — Exceptional r