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Judicial Review
Refused? Our in-house legal team takes unreasonable or unfair immigration decisions to the Federal Court of Canada and fights to have them set aside.
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About Judicial Review
When an immigration officer, a visa office or the Immigration and Refugee Board refuses an application and there is no appeal, the remaining remedy is Judicial Review in the Federal Court. The Court does not decide your case again; it asks whether the decision was reasonable and whether the process was fair. If it was not, the decision is set aside and sent back to a different officer.
The deadlines are short and strict: 15 days from the decision for matters decided inside Canada, 60 days for decisions made outside Canada. The first step is an application for leave — written argument only — and most applications are decided at that stage. That is why the quality of the written record and the legal argument matters more than anything else.
FRBD’s in-house counsel, Sadaf Tahriri (LL.M., LL.B.), leads this work with Farbod Tahriri’s immigration analysis. Together they have taken refused study permits, work permits, visitor visas, permanent residence applications, Start-Up Visa files, sponsorships and refugee decisions to the Court.
Who it is for
- Applicants refused a visa, permit or permanent residence where the officer ignored evidence, applied the wrong test or gave no real reasons.
- Refugee claimants refused by the Refugee Protection Division or the Refugee Appeal Division.
- Sponsors and applicants refused on misrepresentation or inadmissibility findings.
- Anyone who received a negative decision in the last 15 days (inside Canada) or 60 days (outside Canada) — or slightly longer, if there are grounds for an extension of time.
Requirements at a glance
- A final decision with no further administrative appeal, or an appeal that has been exhausted.
- The refusal letter and, as soon as possible, the officer's full notes (we request them immediately).
- An arguable error: unreasonable findings, ignored evidence, a breach of procedural fairness, or a misreading of the law.
- Action within the deadline — 15 or 60 days — or a credible explanation for the delay.
How FRBD helps
- A same-week review of the refusal and the officer's notes with an honest opinion on the chances.
- The application for leave, the affidavit and the memorandum of argument drafted by counsel.
- Negotiated settlements where the Department of Justice agrees to re-determine the case without a hearing.
- Representation at the hearing if leave is granted.
- The re-determination itself: a stronger application for the new officer, so the win is not wasted.
Federal Court deadlines and procedure verified on November 2, 2026.
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A Message From The Founder
“My word is everything, and if you are my client, I will deliver. I don’t tell you what you want to hear — I tell you the truth.” – Farbod Tahriri