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Date: 20000224


Docket: IMM-807-99



BETWEEN:

     SHALINI REDDY DUVURU


Applicant



- and -




THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP

AND IMMIGRATION

Respondent



     REASONS FOR ORDER

REED J.: (orally)


[1]      I have looked at this file carefully and now heard counsels" submissions. It is clear to me that the occupation of marketing manager and marketing consultant are different though related occupations. I do not read the NOC descriptions, however, as indicating that the duties of a marketing consultant are included within those of a marketing manager. Rather, I think the two occupations are in the reverse hierarchical order, those of a manager being more specific and limited than those of a consultant.

[2]      The NOC description indicates that a marketing consultant analyses the operations, managerial methods and marketing functions in order to propose improvements. The description leads to a conclusion that it is likely that such a person would deal with a number of different products and a number of different clients (although the last is not essential). A marketing manager, on the other hand, appears to be more directly involved with the day to day running of a specific marketing department.

[3]      When we review the employer reference letter, to which Mr. Chaudhary referred, it is clear that this applicant"s duties fall under the description of marketing manager, not marketing consultant. I cannot conclude that the visa officer"s decision was unreasonable.

[4]      Then, one turns to the documents on the record. I agree that the title that a person"s job carries is not conclusive, and that the actual duties she or he performs must be assessed. However, having done that assessment, one cannot be faulted for noting that: in the reference letters from the employer, the applicant is described as a marketing manager; in the company"s organizational chart she fills the position of marketing manager; her tax documentation and pay records describe her as a marketing manager. The documents do not present a different picture from that arising from an evaluation of her actual duties.


[5]      For the reasons given, the visa officer"s decision is not one that I am entitled to set aside. The application is dismissed.

                                     "B. Reed"

     J.F.C.C.

TORONTO, ONTARIO

February 24, 2000


     FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

     Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

    

COURT NO:                          IMM-807-99
STYLE OF CAUSE:                      SHALINI REDDY DUVURU
                             - and -
                             THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP

                             AND IMMIGRATION

                            

DATE OF HEARING:                  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2000
PLACE OF HEARING:                  TORONTO, ONTARIO
REASONS FOR ORDER BY:              REED J.

DATED:                          THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2000

APPEARANCES:                      Mr. Max Chaudhary

                            

                                 For the Applicant

                             Ms. Ann Margaret Oberst

                                 For the Respondent



SOLICITORS OF RECORD:              Chaudhary Law Officer

                             Barristers & Solicitors

                             255 Duncan Mill Road

                             Suite 405

                             North York, Ontario

                             M3B 3H9

                            

                                 For the Applicant

                              Morris Rosenberg

                             Deputy Attorney General of Canada

                                 For the Respondent


                             FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                 Date: 20000224

                        

         Docket: IMM-807-99


                             Between:


                             SHALINI REDDY DUVURU

     Applicant

                             - and -



                             THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

                        

     Respondent




                    

                            

        

                                                                             REASONS FOR ORDER

                                 

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