Basically if you were children or your spouses are Canadian citizen or permanent residency they exempt inadmissible 95%It all depends on each case. In our case, we did not have refusal letter to file for judicial review in court. You need the letter at hand and you have to do so within 15 days of letter receipt. All we had was GCMS notes. They never notified my partner of the decision - they just forwarded decision directly to CBSA and he was awaiting to be deported. Also, the appeal would cost 15,000$ (At least) and we were told by lawyers just Stage 1 takes 1 year nowadays. We rejected that option right away. We submitted fresh application ourselves and demonstrated how we address previous officer's concerns when she rejected it. Call it luck or act of God - it worked for us. There is no right or wrong in these HC cases - all depends on the person you will fall at. That's why it is called humanitarian and compassionate - we all have different levels of compassion I guess!
It’s all also as you said depends on officer if your officer recommends for exemption most likely you will get one if your officer deny exemption most likely refusal
The minister goes by recommendations officer 98%
You know whats funny thing if you remember we used to asking so many questions 2019 now we are expert in H&c and PRRA I know every single code of immigration now lol