Condolences that this happened but thank you for sharing your experience here - as you can see from this long thread there are many who claim it isn't a problem or isn't a policy of IRCC, etc - so it's very helpful to have a concrete example.They didnt even give me a chance to defend myself. I called an immigration lawyer and he said that right now the IRCC is on a witch hunt ...
To be honest I called them the following day so that they can explain to me why they reached that conclusion. I have ties to Canada, I pay tax, I have a cleaning business that I still manage with my partner while I'm still in Sweden, I pay mortgage, all the bills etc. but the agent said when they were ready to make a decision, they found out I was not eligible because I am not residing in Canada. I wanted to understand the term residing because I might be missing something so it didn't help anything.
Two questions:
1) Did the refusal letter provide any information about whether you could appeal? Instructions on how to do so?
2) Could you share some of the exact text of the letter that outlined the reason for refusal? (Anonymize/remove any dates or whatever else). I'm interested in particular in the reference - which I believe they usually must include - about the specific paragraph and section of the IRP act which you did not meet or which renders you ineligible to sponsor.
Thanks in advance, whatever you are comfortable providing. I'll have some more thoughts later for the purposes of this thread, but unfortunately, I don't think there's any practical advice in your case apart from re-applying when you are in Canada.