Ranjit Singh Khalsa had come to Canada in 1988 and got permanent residence in 1992
The Canadian Bazaar
TORONTO: A federal court has upheld the decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board on the admissibility into Canada of Ranjit Singh Khalsa, allegedly a former president of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF).
The ISYF was banned by Canada in June 2003.
The dismissal of Khalsa’s application by Justice Glennys McVeigh of the federal court in Ottawa could lead to his deportation to India.
Khalsa came to Canada in 1988 and filed a refugee claim. In 1992, he was given permanent residence under the refugee backlog project.
He filed for citizenship in 1994. After long delays, Khalsa was called for an interview by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on January 15, 2004.
Following this interview, the CBSA filed a report, saying that he is inadmissible into Canada because of his membership in the ISYF.
Khalsa filed ministerial relief which was refused in 2007. After this, he filed for a judicial review of the decision.
The judicial review of the decision by a member of the Immigration Division (ID) of the Immigration and Refugee Board found Khalsa to be inadmissible to Canada for having been a alleged member of the International Sikh Youth Federation.
Khalsa chellenged this decision in the federal court.
Upholding the decision of the Immigration Division last month, Justice Glennys McVeigh of the federal court said, “I find the decision – which is long, detailed, and grapples with the major issues – to be reasonable. The ID Member dealt reasonably with the evidence before them, and demonstrated a logical chain of analysis that was justified in light of the facts and law before them.”
Khalsa lives in the Vancouver area.
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