Parveen v. Canada ( Minister of Citizenship and Immigration )
IMM-3587-98
Reed J.
29/4/99
5 pp.
Application for judicial review of visa officer's decision applicant not qualified to work as executive secretary in Canada as lacking basic secretarial skills: typing, shorthand, dictation-Fundamental error in decision-Record provided to Court by respondent incomplete, "stripped"-Administrative burden of retaining full file for period of time within which person can file appeal from visa officer's decision not onerous-Notarized copy of applicant's certificate not in record provided to Court-Computer entries on respondent's records showing more educational documents than those now in record before Court provided by applicant to respondent-Respondent controlling record put before Court-Disputes arising from deficiencies in record should, in general, be interpreted against respondent-Incomplete record alone could be grounds for setting aside decision under review-Respondent having responsibility to ensure Court provided with complete, accurate record-Once visa officer's decision challenged, person has interest in justifying decision-Visa officer not disinterested person-Application allowed.