Saif v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Decided: 2026-09-14. Docket: IMM-22800-24. Citation: 2026 FC 1156 (CanLII). Administrative law — Judicial review — Reasonableness — Standard of review under Vavilov and Mason — Whether the Applicant identified a reviewable error by the RAD — Deference to the RAD on admissibility and merits — Court not to reweigh evidence absent exceptional circumstances — Application dismissed | Evidence — Refugee appeals — New evidence — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, s. 110(4) — Whether the RAD unreasonably refused to admit affidavits and articles — Exceptions for evidence arising after, not reasonably available, or not reasonably expected — Onus on claimant to justify newness, relevance, materiality, credibility — Evidence excluded | Citizenship and immigration — Refugee protection — Convention