All is not lost for the French family aspiring to become Quebecois because, despite their failure to renew their work permit, Immigration Canada will be in no hurry to deport them when the time is up.
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All is not lost for members of the French family who aspire to become Québécois because despite the failure to renew their work permits, Immigration Canada will not rush them once the time is up.
A ministry source said it usually “takes a long time to get to this stage”. The expulsion is only the last phase of a long process that applies in a very limited number of cases.
The presence of Aurélie Martin, Flavien Di Virgilio and their three daughters on Canadian soil could therefore be tolerated longer than the three-month pardon granted to restore their status.
But this latitude of Ottawa doesn’t solve everything. In addition to the bureaucratic delays in trying to get another permit, the French-born couple have lost their employment rights since the negative opinion of the federal government.
With no income since January 6, Ms. Martin and Mr. Di Virgilio have already given up the services of a specialist lawyer when they have to support a family of five.
Elected officials are taking the case
Given the urgency of the situation, the couple met with assistant to the federal representative for Longueuil-Charles-LeMoyne, Liberal Sherry Romanado, on Thursday to help them with their efforts.
Bloc Québécois MP Christine Normandin also took up the case.
The representative of the Saint-Jean National Equestrian Federation intends to raise the case of the Martin-Di Virgilio family at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday with an official from Canada’s Immigration Service.
“We managed to use a pre-existing appointment that we will use for the family. If we can work with Ms. Romanado, I think this is the kind of file that asks us not to practice partisanship, these are so many human issues,” stressed the elected representative of the Bloc Québécois. .
“We understand it is disappointing that his application is being denied,” the ministry said in an email to the Journal.
“However, officials apply the criteria set out in the immigration regulations. If a person does not meet the criteria for the work permit applied for, their application will be rejected. »
One of the solutions to solve the problem would be for Employment and Social Development Canada to grant their Labor Market Impact (LMIA) request, which is much less than the three to six months normally required.