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A spousal sponsorship appeal was allowed after the Minister conceded the relationship was genuine and the tribunal granted humanitarian relief from financial inadmissibility.
The application was refused because the officer questioned the genuineness of the marriage and found the applicant financially inadmissible. Much of the relationship concern arose from the applicant’s prior Canadian immigration history.
The couple had a daughter born before the marriage, maintained their relationship through three visits to Guyana, and gave consistent testimony. The record also included a job offer, trade certification, and evidence of the psychological effect of separation on their
nine-year-old daughter.
Across six hours of testimony and two hearings, the appeal distinguished the couple’s current relationship from the applicant’s prior history. Cross-examination established that most of the officer’s concern came from that history rather than the present evidence.
The Minister’s counsel conceded that the evidence of a genuine marriage was clear. The tribunal also granted humanitarian and compassionate relief from financial inadmissibility and allowed the appeal in full.
A spousal sponsorship appeal succeeded after the tribunal assessed prior omissions in context and found that the marriage was genuine.
A spousal sponsorship appeal was allowed after the government discovered that the document said to be missing had been in its own file throughout the case.
A spousal sponsorship appeal succeeded on both the genuineness of the marriage and humanitarian relief from a misrepresentation finding.
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