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CIC Treats me like a Jew in Nazi Germany

When my Work Permit expired in February 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) stripped me of all civil rights. Yes, I am not permitted to work, not allowed to study, ineligible to drive, to earn unemployment benefits and to have healthcare coverage. CIC punishes me for being a great immigrant.

Who Am I

I have been in Canada for more than EIGHT years. During this time, I have established myself successfully in Alberta. My journey began in 2007 when I started working in a fast food restaurant. Two years after hard working and money saving, I decided to attend the college to pursue post-secondary education. By the end of 2011, I graduated with a Diploma in Business Administration.

My efforts to upgrade my education served me well. I was able to start a new career which allowed me to flourish and to buy my first home. The success I achieved in Canada was not my own. Thanks to my community which offered me tremendous support to set my sight high toward more ambitious goals. In return, I committed to volunteer hundred of hours in municipal governments and …show more content…

In clear negligence, my lawyer failed to submit my application which barred me from extending my Work Permit. To rectify this situation, a new lawyer submitted a new application based on Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds (H&C). The website of CIC shows they received my application on June 9, 2015. As a result of massive backlog and extremely slow processing times, my financial health in jeopardy.

As my work permit expired in February, I was coerced to leave a job I had for three successive years. Yet, Service Canada forfeited my right for unemployment insurance despite paying my fair share of taxes since June 2007. To complicate matters, The Government of Alberta confiscated my ID/Driver Licence and ceased my Healthcare