Persons whose citizenship applications were rejected have the option of appealing the decision to the Federal Court within 30 days.
Persons whose citizenship applications were rejected have the option of appealing the decision to the Federal Court within 30 days. The appeal proceeds as an Application for Leave and Judicial Review. As such it is not a full appeal in that no new evidence can be provided nor is there any testimony from witnesses. The court will review the citizenship official’s decision in light of the evidence on file and will decide if the decision was made legally, i.e., was it reasonable, fair, within jurisdiction, and otherwise in accordance with the law. If the court finds that the decision was made illegally, then it will send the case back to the citizenship authorities with an order for them to re-decide it in accordance with the law.