Facts [2] The applicant in this proceeding alleges that the applicant for permanent residence, a 26-year-old Moroccan citizen, is his conjugal partner. It is in this capacity that he sponsored the latter's application for permanent residence, which was filed in Rabat, Morocco, on July 16, 2004. [3] The applicant works as a travel agent and met the applicant for permanent residence in Agadir during a business trip in January 2003. They saw each other again on February 1, 2003, and spent one night together. [4] In May 2003, the applicant returned to Agadir, where he spent two weeks with the applicant for permanent residence in a hotel. He returned in November 2003 and spent two weeks with the applicant for permanent residence, again at a hotel. From February 2003, they stayed in contact by mail, Internet and telephone. [5] Considering that the applicant for permanent residence's chances of obtaining a visitor visa were too slim, the applicant decided to sponsor an application for permanent residence for the latter. Accordingly, the applicant for permanent residence filed such an application in Rabat, Morocco, on July 16, 2004. [6] On January 14, 2005, an immigration officer in Rabat concluded that the applicant for permanent residence was excluded from the family class under section 4 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Regulations). According to the immigration officer, th