Ten days ago, retired Canadian nursing officer Lisa Compton told CBC News about her struggles to bring an Afghan military interpreter and his family to Canada. Now, the federal immigration department has stopped providing her with updates on his case.
She said she later received an email from an Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada staffer — seen by CBC News — that told her the form the interpreter had filled out was no longer valid.
"Kind of absurd when you realize that you're informing … the IRCC that this gentleman is running and hiding from the Taliban and his family has to flee constantly from one place to another," she said. "And now they want you to update a form because there's a new form number on it?" Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser addresses a news conference on April 6, 2022 in Ottawa.
"It definitely causes delay and potential access issues," she said. "There's a lot of anxiety about these applications. And vulnerable claimants who are in risky situations have difficulty submitting their applications and their supporting documentation and then waiting for a response." "If you don't want to take us, just tell us straight and not like this," he said of Immigration Canada. "My family is waiting."
Now that the new form has been submitted, she is waiting for a period of 10 business days to elapse before she can start receiving updates again.It said a form would "typically remain valid throughout the application process, even if the form changes."
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