Date : 19980526
Docket: T-1203-97
IN THE MATTER OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT
R.S.C., 1985, c. C-29
AND IN THE MATTER OF an appeal from the
decision of a Citizenship Judge
AND IN THE MATTER OF
SOUZAN HACHEM
Appellant
JUDGMENT AND REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
TEITELBAUM, J.
[1] The Appellant arrived in Canada as a landed immigrant on May 23rd, 1992 and has been living in Canada since that date.
[2] The Appellant, before filing her application for citizenship, left Canada for 22 days on February 15, 1995 and for a period of 176 days on August 10, 1995. She had left Canada on February 15, 1995 to visit with her mother and, on August 10, 1995 left Canada on a personnal matter.
[3] It is obvious to the undersigned that the Appellant left Canada on a temporary basis but had always retained her residence in Canada.
[4] The present appeal is allowed and the Appellant should be granted her Canadian Citizneship.
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Judge
[2]
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
TRIAL DIVISION
Date: 19980526
Docket: T-1203-97
IN THE MATTER OF THE
CITIZENSHIP ACT
R.S.C., 1985, c. C-29
AND IN THE MATTER OF an appeal from the
decision of a Citizenship Judge
AND IN THE MATTER OF
SOUZAN HACHEM
Appellant
JUDGMENT
AND REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
[3]
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
TRIAL DIVISION DIVISION
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS ON THE RECORD
COURT FILE NO.: T-1203-97
STYLE OF CAUSE: IN THE MATTER OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT,
R.S.C., 1985, c. C-29
AND IN THE MATTER OF an appeal from the
decision of a Citizenship Judge
AND IN THE MATTER OF
SOUZAN HACHEM Appellant
PLACE OF HEARING: Montreal (Quebec)
DATE OF HEARING: May 26, 1998
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF TEITELBAUM, J.
DATED: May 26, 1998
APPEARANCES:
Mrs. Souzan Hachem Appellant on her own behalf
Mr. Jean Caumartin Amicus Curiae
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Mr. Jean Caumartin
Montreal (Quebec) Amicus Curiae
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