CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION |
Status in Canada |
Permanent Residents |
Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Pownall
A-783-99
2001 FCA 37, Rothstein J.A.
12/3/01
2 pp.
Appeal from dismissal of Minister's application for judicial review of Immigration Appeal Board's decision ([2000] 2 F.C. D-4 (T.D.))--Answer to certified question: person obtaining visa, granted landed status by fraudulent or improper means or misrepresenting identity, in possession of "lawful permission to establish permanent residence in Canada" and thus permanent resident within meaning of Immigration Act, s. 70(1)--Jaber v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2000] 1 F.C. 603 (C.A.); Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Seneca, [1999] 247 N.R. 397 (F.C.A.) applied--Appeal dismissed--Immigration Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. I-2, s. 70(1) (as am. by R.S.C., 1985 (4th Supp.), c. 28, s. 18; S.C. 1995, c. 15, s. 13).