Garcia v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtFederal Court (Canada)
Citation2021 FC 141
Date11 February 2021

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7 practice notes
  • Inadmissibility Categories
    • Canada
    • Immigration Law Series Inadmissibility and Remedies
    • April 30, 2022
    ...have used withdrawn charges to base their allegations of criminal inadmissibility—see e.g. Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) , 2021 FC 141 . Nevertheless, the principle that dismissal of charges is prima facie evidence that the crimes were not committed remains ( Arevalo Pineda ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Immigration Law Series Inadmissibility and Remedies
    • April 30, 2022
    ...Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) , 2018 CanLII 26590 (CAIRB) ....... 278 Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) , 2021 FC 141 .................................. 28 Gebreab v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) , 2010 FCA 274 ................... 146 Ge......
  • Rodriguez Anzola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • May 11, 2026
    ...Lebanese criminal case met the essential elements of section 267 of the Criminal Code: see Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 141 at paras [96] The respondent insists that the equivalency analysis does not allow the ID to reconsider the validity or merits of the foreign ......
  • Anzola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • May 11, 2026
    ...Lebanese criminal case met the essential elements of section 267 of the Criminal Code: see Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 141 at paras [96] The respondent insists that the equivalency analysis does not allow the ID to reconsider the validity or merits of the foreign ......
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5 cases
  • Rodriguez Anzola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • May 11, 2026
    ...Lebanese criminal case met the essential elements of section 267 of the Criminal Code: see Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 141 at paras [96] The respondent insists that the equivalency analysis does not allow the ID to reconsider the validity or merits of the foreign ......
  • Anzola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • May 11, 2026
    ...Lebanese criminal case met the essential elements of section 267 of the Criminal Code: see Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 141 at paras [96] The respondent insists that the equivalency analysis does not allow the ID to reconsider the validity or merits of the foreign ......
  • Griffiths v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • June 22, 2021
    ...inadmissibility is at issue in this Application, which attracts a reasonableness review (Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 141 at para 5 [Garcia]; Clarke v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2021 FC 128 at para 4 [Clarke]; Randhawa v Canada (Public Safet......
  • Hamud v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • July 16, 2021
    ...and Immigration) v Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 at paras 23, 33 and 53 [Vavilov]; Garcia v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 141 at para 5). A reasonable decision is one that is “based on an internally coherent and rational chain of analysis and that is justified in relation......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Inadmissibility Categories
    • Canada
    • Immigration Law Series Inadmissibility and Remedies
    • April 30, 2022
    ...have used withdrawn charges to base their allegations of criminal inadmissibility—see e.g. Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) , 2021 FC 141 . Nevertheless, the principle that dismissal of charges is prima facie evidence that the crimes were not committed remains ( Arevalo Pineda ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Immigration Law Series Inadmissibility and Remedies
    • April 30, 2022
    ...Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) , 2018 CanLII 26590 (CAIRB) ....... 278 Garcia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) , 2021 FC 141 .................................. 28 Gebreab v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) , 2010 FCA 274 ................... 146 Ge......