A Manitoba man stuck in immigration limbo because of a technical snafu during a virtual ceremony became a Canadian citizen last week after deciding to go public with his year-long saga.
This limbo continued until February of this year, leaving Sumner unable to travel because he had torn up his permanent residency card, and unable to collect the Old Age Security he was entitled to when he turned 65."To me it is being able to travel, being able to collect the money, to me [it] is having the freedom to vote.
"I'm no longer shocked and surprised by that kind of government delay, the frustrations individuals have when trying to just have basic communications with the department," said Reis Pagtakhan, an immigration lawyer and partner at MLT Aikins.Newcomers struggle under long waits for citizenship He said Manitobans would never accept a one-year wait for a new driver's licence over a technical error.That point was echoed by Winnipeg immigration lawyer Carolina Fridman.
His citizenship certificate was created and then destroyed. It took another five months before the administrative error was realized.Brian Sumner's partner took this picture of him in 2022 right before he participated in his first citizenship ceremony.
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