Loyeung v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Decided: 2026-11-05. Docket: IMM-9733-25. Citation: 2026 FC 1360 (CanLII). Citizenship and immigration — Work permits — Refusal — Visa officer refused work permit for cook position — GCMS notes forming reasons under Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) — Applicant failed to provide proof of secondary school education required by LMIA — Application for judicial review dismissed | Administrative law — Judicial review — Reasonableness — Whether officer’s decision is unreasonable under Vavilov — Hallmarks of justification, transparency, intelligibility applied — Reliance on LMIA education requirement assessed — No sufficiently serious shortcomings established — Application for judicial review dismissed | Administrative law — Discretion — Guidelines — Whether NOC “usually re