Youssufi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Decided: 2026-11-06. Docket: IMM-199-25. Citation: 2026 FC 1366 (CanLII). Administrative law — Judicial review — Reasonableness — Vavilov framework — Whether the officer’s decision was based on an internally coherent and rational chain of analysis — Failure to meaningfully grapple with key submissions and evidence — Justification, transparency and intelligibility of reasons assessed — Application for judicial review granted | Citizenship and immigration — Humanitarian and compassionate relief — IRPA, subs. 25(1) — Whether refusal of an exemption on humanitarian and compassionate grounds was unreasonable — De facto family member request outside Canada assessed under ministerial guidelines — Relevant factors required to be weighed in light of facts and law — Officer’s decision set aside and