Key legal question
Whether the administrative appeal was admissible against refusal of the spouse's work permit and family reunification permits
Extracted holding
The administrative law appeal was inadmissible because no federal or treaty-based entitlement to the requested permits existed.
Extracted reasoning
The applicants could not invoke a direct right under federal law, the immigration quota rules created no entitlement, and Article 8 ECHR did not confer a right because the sponsoring spouse lacked a settled residence status.