Canadian immigration case library
Read Canadian immigration decisions as clear, sourced stories: what happened, what each side argued, what the court decided and what the result means.
This case library organizes published decisions by work, study, family sponsorship, citizenship, status and procedural fairness. Each note separates the facts, the arguments, the court’s reasons, the result and our practical analysis.
Browse by immigration issue
Start with the immigration issue—not the case name. Each case note explains the facts, the arguments, the court’s decision and what the result did or did not provide.
Work and LMIA
Officer credibility findings, work-experience evidence, employer compliance, labour-market assessments and activity treated as unauthorized work.
Study and PGWP
Study plans, program value, finances, enrolment history, distance learning, transferred credits and responses to document requests.
Family sponsorship
Relationship evidence, cohabitation, sponsor obligations, parent applications, undeclared relatives, adoption and inland processing.
Citizenship
Physical presence, language waivers, delayed files, revocation procedures, citizenship ceremonies and citizenship by birth.
Status and fairness
Interviews, interpreters, access to counsel, removal consequences and the evidence needed to establish an unfair process.
How to use the collection
A court decision answers a legal dispute on a particular record. These notes make the reasoning readable without turning one person’s result into a rule for every application.
Every case note is anchored to the court’s published decision. Other summaries may help identify a case, but the judgment controls our account of the facts and outcome.
A decision may omit background facts or discuss only what mattered to the legal issue. We do not invent details to fill those gaps.
A judgment records positions advanced in court. It does not reveal the confidential advice exchanged between counsel and a client.
The labels “What the applicant argued” and “What the Minister argued” describe public submissions, not private advice about the file.
A successful judicial review usually sends the application back for another decision. It does not usually mean that the Court granted a visa, permanent residence or citizenship.
If a challenge was dismissed, the original decision remained in place. The case note says so directly.
A reported decision shows how a rule applied to one evidentiary record. Different documents, interview answers, timing or relief requested can change the outcome.
Use the case to understand the issue. Use the relevant guide for the general process, and obtain advice when an active deadline or disputed fact affects a real file.
