Ok so long story short my husband and I applied outland over two years ago, it was refused under section 4(1) of the IRPA (Bad Faith/Relationship Not Genuine) so we were appealing our spousal sponsorship and we already had a hearing date (which was gonna be next week). We understood we got refused because we barely had enough proof, we were doing this alone and we had no idea what they actually expected to receive. So about a month ago we sent everything we gathered so we could use it at the hearing, which ended up being over 500 pages.
We got a call from the IAD asking if we had received the letter from the Minister, we hadn't received said letter yet. So they said that the Minister read our file and they had approved our appeal and that our file was gonna be sent back to the Visa office for processing. We were super confused so we asked if that meant we didn't have to attend the hearing, to which she replied we didn't. We got home and we received aforementioned letter, talking about our appeal and the file we sent. At the end of the letter we read "After closely reviewing the appellant's disclosure and the Record, the Minister is of the view that the evidence no longer supports the refusal, and that the marriage is not caught by section 4(1) of the Regulations. The Minister consents to the appeal being allowed in law."
I have to admit I'm still somewhat confused. So what happens now? Is the file going to go back to the office for processing and they have to allow it, or can they just refuse it again since there will be no hearing? I've been looking for similar cases but I've had no luck so far. Anybody?
We got a call from the IAD asking if we had received the letter from the Minister, we hadn't received said letter yet. So they said that the Minister read our file and they had approved our appeal and that our file was gonna be sent back to the Visa office for processing. We were super confused so we asked if that meant we didn't have to attend the hearing, to which she replied we didn't. We got home and we received aforementioned letter, talking about our appeal and the file we sent. At the end of the letter we read "After closely reviewing the appellant's disclosure and the Record, the Minister is of the view that the evidence no longer supports the refusal, and that the marriage is not caught by section 4(1) of the Regulations. The Minister consents to the appeal being allowed in law."
I have to admit I'm still somewhat confused. So what happens now? Is the file going to go back to the office for processing and they have to allow it, or can they just refuse it again since there will be no hearing? I've been looking for similar cases but I've had no luck so far. Anybody?
