In what circumstances will the guidelines suggested in the Sahin Guidelines apply to adjudicators?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Vicente v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1998 CanLII 7276 (FC):
In my view, the guidelines suggested in Sahin are simply guidelines, intended by Rothstein J. to assist adjudicators, as his own introductory words make clear. I note that in Kidane v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration5 Jerome A.C.J. distinguished the circumstances before him from those in Sahin in the following terms:
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