Ramsahoye v. Canada ( Minister of Employment and Immigration )
A-309-92
Mahoney J.A.
11/5/94
2 pp.
Appeal from decision appellant not entitled to receive visa -- Appellant, citizen of Guyana, landed in Canada as dependant of his mother -- Appellant married widow with children in Guyana and sponsored his wife's application for landing with her three children -- Visa officer concluded marriage not bona fide; age discrepancy taken into account -- Immigration Regulations, s. 4(3) requiring visa officer to enter into enquiry -- Age discrepancy relevant to enquiry visa officer obliged to undertake; not sole determining factor in conclusion marriage not bona fide for purposes of sponsorship -- No infringement of Charter, s. 15 -- Appeal dismissed -- Immigration Regulations, 1978, SOR/78-172, s. 4(3) -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, being Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, Schedule B, Canada Act 1982, 1982, c. 11 (U.K.) [R.S.C., 1985, Appendix II, No. 44], s. 15.