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Group Suing Government Over Wipe-Out of 280,000 FSW Application Backlog Making One Last Try in Court

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A group of approximately 900 people whose applications for permanent residence in Canada were closed after the federal government wiped out the back-log of 280,000 Federal Skilled Worker program applications are making one last attempt in court to force the federal government to process their applications. The group had previously scored a victory when a federal court justice ruled that […]

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Judge Denies Injunction to Prevent Applications in Backlog From Being Closed

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A federal court judge has rejected a request by over 800 applicants for immigration to Canada whose applications will be closed as part of the wipe-out of the 280,000 Federal Skilled Worker program application backlog, and who are suing the federal government for its delay in processing their files, for an injunction to force the federal government to keep their […]

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Immigration Applicants Sue Canadian Government for Wipe-out of 280,000 Application Backlog

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A group of former applicants for immigration to Canada are suing the Canadian government for its decision to wipe-out the backlog of approximately 280,000 applications filed under the Federal Skilled Worker program before February 27th 2008. Toronto lawyer Lorne Waldman is representing at least 40 people from China and Hong Kong who had their applications closed in the wipe-out. The […]

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