annel said:Dear Mancilla,
Any reference to this statement?
BACKLOGGERS LITIGATION UPDATE
CIC filed their arguments on Sep 10th. Their argument is, only litigants who joined on or before June 14th 2012, files can be and will be processed as per judgement by Justice Rennie.
Arguments on behalf of backloggers is that all litigants filed until the judgement is passed should and must be
processed within 180 days of receiving all relevant documents. This was filed yesterday.
The ball is now in Justice Barnes's Court. We await his decision, hopefully, by next week.
annel said:Dear Mancilla,
I appreciated the fact that you keep us posted. I just want to know if there's a difference in the law suit as you mentioned before Bill C38 and pre 14June'12 applications I Know my lawyer applied before the 14th of June and i was told by him abou the court case tomorrow 18.09.2012, does that mean my case does not fall under the 180 days?
It's ONLY for litigants who filed their case prior to OMNI BUS BILL C-38 coming into force.
There is a separate hearing this coming Tuesday for challenging the legality of slashing the backloggers applicants.
sbernados said:Does anyone here knows the result of the hearing yesterday? Sep 18.
Mancilla said:Hopefully, I'll update in a couple of hrs
Mancilla, is this good news? this mean our application will remain? Hope you can share the link for this update.Mancilla said:Justice Barnes refused to enjoin CIC from acting on the provision Jason Kenney tucked into Bill C-38, the budget implementation bill, abolishing the immigrant visa applications of 86,000+ skilled workers, who had been waiting in the immigration queue for four to eight years. Justice Barnes did not, however, rule on the legality of the provision closing the FSW applications. A different judge will make that ruling sometime in mid- to late-2013.