Canada Immigration Case law Canada, Stasenko, IMMIGRATION — Selection and admission — General

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IMMIGRATION — Selection and admission — General — Applicant, citizen of Russia, applied for Quebec certificate of selection in skilled worker category pursuant to Quebec Immigration Act, in April 2013 — Application form stipulated that application would be treated according to legislation applicable at time of filing — New selection criteria, in force as of August 2013, became applicable to all pending applications — Changes were made to language proficiency requirements — Transitional measures allowed individuals, who had submitted applications between July 8 and August 16, 2013, to voluntarily withdraw application — Applicant applied for declaratory order that selection criteria in force at time of filing of Immigration application be applied — Application granted — Application for selection certificate under Act to be treated by Minister on basis of applicable legislation at time application was made — Party relying on promissory estoppel must establish that other party had by word or conduct made promise or assurance which was intended to affect their legal relationship and to be acted on — At time that applicant submitted her application, Minister had undertaken to process it based on selection criteria then in force — Promise applied specifically to rules that would be applied — Applicant, after consulting counsel, filed application and paid fee based on promise