📌 Work Permit Extension Denied – No Strong Ties to Home Country
Case: Khan v. Canada – 2025 FC 640
1️⃣ The Applicant, a clergy working in Canada under an LMIA-exempt work permit, applied to extend his stay.
2️⃣ IRCC refused the extension, citing insufficient proof that he would leave Canada at the end of his authorized stay.
3️⃣ Officer noted multiple prior extensions, and found no strong education, employment, financial, or family ties to home country.
4️⃣ The Applicant argued the officer failed to consider his compliance history — but the Court said that alone isn't enough.
5️⃣ Federal Court found the decision reasonable and dismissed the judicial review on April 7, 2025.
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📌 Key takeaway: Repeated extensions don’t guarantee approval. Applicants must actively prove their ties back home, especially when applying from within Canada under R200(1)(b).
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