What is the standard for review of a decision by an immigration officer?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Uppal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 FC 445 (CanLII):
These issues either involve the application of statutory provisions to the facts of this case, or the evaluation and weighing of the evidence. As such the immigration officer’s decision should be reviewed against the standard of reasonableness: see Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9.
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