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Iranian Man: Canada Tameh and Time Frame

iranian man: The case in question pertains to an application for permanent residency made in 1994 by Morteza Momenzadeh Tameh, an Iranian man who was admitted to Canada as a refugee, according to CBC. In 2001, officials deemed him inadmissible due to his past involvement in an organization in his home country that until 2012 was on Canada's list of terrorist entities. The decision from Chief Justice Paul Crampton also makes it clear the minister is obliged to make decisions in a reasonable time frame, no matter how busy he is. Read the Federal Court's ruling PDF Libyan man's appeal rejected in fight to stay in Canada Tameh made what is called an application for ministerial relief, which is an appeal to the minister of public safety for an exception. Since then, there have been four more ministers and not one of them has made a decision. Former public safety minister Stockwell Day refused to grant relief in 2007, but the next year a judge ruled Day had not been fully apprised of all relevant facts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.