An immigration officer denied the applications, suspecting they would not leave Canada at the end of the year.
Combined with the cost of living, studying for one year in Coquitlam would have cost the family approximately $60,000. The immigration officer noted that bank statements showed the expense would consume almost half the total cash savings of the family.Article content
The family’s lawyer told the judge that studying in Canada would provide the girl “strong employment prospects” in Iran upon returning. He noted the girl’s mother holds a bachelor’s degree in English and is teaching her daughter the language, negating the need to have them come to Canada.Article content
“How applicant’s counsel can write about the career path of a seven-year-old girl and her strong employment prospects upon completion of her program, comes as somewhat of a surprise,” the judge wrote.
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