Can a panel's finding on the lack of credibility of a claimant be based on efforts to obtain documentary corroboration?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Quichindo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 FCT 350 (CanLII):
A panel's finding on the lack of credibility of a claimant may be based in part on the absence of efforts to obtain documentary corroboration. (See Muthiyansa v. M.C.I., [2001] F.C.T. 17 and Sinnathamby v. M.C.I., [2001] F.C.T. 473.
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