Date: 19980219
Docket: IMM-2586-97
BETWEEN:
SAJID HAFIZ MALIK
Applicant
- and -
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
REASONS FOR ORDER
McGILLIS, J.
[1] The applicant has challenged the decision of a visa officer that he did not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada as a permanent resident.
[2] In assessing the applicant's application for permanent residence, the visa officer interviewed the applicant. During the course of the interview, she raised with him all of her concerns relating, among other things, to his training and experience in the occupations of Chef, Rotisseur and Sales Promotion Administrator. Following the interview, the visa officer concluded that the applicant did not have the necessary training to meet the requirements of a Chef, Rotisseur, and that he lacked the necessary training and experience as a Sales Promotion Administrator.
[3] Counsel for the applicant argued, among other things, that the visa officer erred in determining that the applicant did not have sufficient training and experience from working in restaurants to meet the necessary requirements. I cannot accept that argument. In my opinion, it was reasonably open to the visa officer, on the basis of the evidence adduced in the record, to conclude that the applicant required formal training as a chef in order to meet the requirements for a Chef, Rotisseur, and that his "on the job" training and experience were not sufficient in the circumstances. It was also reasonably open to the visa officer to conclude that the applicant did not meet the qualifications of a Sales Promotion Administrator. In the circumstances, my intervention in this matter is not warranted.
[4] The application for judicial review is dismissed. The case raises no serious question of general importance.
"D. McGillis"
Judge
Toronto, Ontario
February 19, 1998
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record
DOCKET: IMM-2586-97
| STYLE OF CAUSE: SAJID HAFIZ MALIK |
- and -
| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP |
AND IMMIGRATION
DATE OF HEARING: FEBRUARY 18, 1998
PLACE OF HEARING: TORONTO, ONTARIO
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: McGILLIS, J.
DATED: FEBRUARY 19, 1998
APPEARANCES:
Mr. Yossi Schwartz
For the Applicant
Mr. David Tyndale
For the Respondent
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Roach, Schwartz & Associates
688 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario
M6C 1B1
For the Applicant
George Thomson
Deputy Attorney General
of Canada
For the Respondent
| FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA |
| Date: 19980219 |
| Docket: IMM-2586-97 |
| BETWEEN: |
| SAJID HAFIZ MALIK |
| Applicant |
| - and - |
| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP |
| AND IMMIGRATION |
| Respondent |
| REASONS FOR ORDER |