Docket: IMM-14479-24
Citation: 2025 FC 1530
Toronto, Ontario, September 17, 2025
PRESENT: The Honourable Justice Battista
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NASRIN ABDOLLAHI
MASOUD ABDOLLAHI |
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Applicants |
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THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION |
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Respondent |
JUDGMENT AND REASONS
(delivered orally from the bench on September 17, 2025)
[1] In this application for judicial review, the Applicants describe errors made in the decision refusing their applications for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) grounds under section 25 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27.
[2] The Applicants first allege that the reasons for the refusal ignore the Applicants’ principal concern, which was the hardship the female Applicant would face in Iran. However, the Officer who refused the application did describe the female Applicant’s concerns about facing mistreatment as a woman and the decline of women’s rights in Iran. The Officer found that personal risk to be remote given that the Applicant only described one incident of mistreatment which occurred in 2011.
[3] The Officer also described the female Applicant’s fears of continued harassment from her in-laws, but the Officer found little evidence supporting her claims about the degree of the harassment she faced and little evidence of her efforts to mitigate the harassment through means such as family reconciliation, police intervention or other legal avenues available in Iran.
[4] Regarding the concern about the Applicant’s separation from her daughters in Canada, the Officer referred to the multiple-entry visas held by the Applicants which are valid until 2027, work permits valid until August 2026, and other immigration programs that could assist in family reunification. The record also revealed that the male Applicant returned to Iran from Canada in 2023.
[5] The alleged errors raised by the Applicants mischaracterize the reasons which justified the refusal of the applications. The decision is reasonable and the application for judicial review is dismissed.
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