Canadian citizenship refused
A nominated immigrant from Bangladesh through the SINP was refused of citizenship because the person did not live in Saskatchewan after arriving in Canada.
This is his post in verbatim:
SINP nominee's citizenship application rejected:
I got into a bit of trouble. My citizenship application is in trouble. My citizenship application was in progress for almost 2.5 vears. they asked for passport pages, fingerprint, interview etc etc. Now just on last month i got a procedural fairness letter, they want to reject my application. Their reasoning is that i did not stayed in the province that was nominate me for pr. I was an SINP candidate when i came from BD (I believe BD stands for Bangladesh) i staved in SK for a week and came to toronto. living in toronto since then. In the letter they said, i did not made an attempt to stay in the province nor i tried to contribute to the province as job or otherwise.
The said i signed as in mv on/or application that i will made every attempt to stay in nominated province as in good faith. but broke it with bad faith intention.
The letter is 6 pages long and with an appeal date. of course i appealed with a very good toronto lawyer, but the lawyer said honestly i will have very tough battle ahead. even if i stayed at least a year or so i would have fighting chance. i am so scared. i am loosing sleep. and finally if i lost the appeal they will cancel the application ... i have given 7 years to this country of my life. - feeling sad. -- End of Post.
As a permanent resident, you have the right to live, work or study anywhere in Canada.
However, if you became a permanent resident through the Provincial Nominee Program, the province that nominated you has chosen you to bring skills to their province. Full stop.
The immigrant mentioned that he signed a document that says :
They said i signed as in my on/or application that i will made every attempt to stay in nominated province as in good faith. but broke it with bad faith intention.
Being a PNP applicant myself, I do remember signing a document of the same nature when I was nominated by the province of New Brunswick. This is the main reason that I did not even entertain the idea of moving to another province until I became a Canadian citizen.
The reason that provinces come up with various provincial nominations is to bring in skilled workers, bring in people to help lift the provinces’ economy. If the nominees do not stay in the province that nominated them, then what is the purpose of the Provincial Nomination Programs then? What is the purpose of the various PR programs each and every province creates? Having said that though, we must also realize that permanent residency is issued by the federal government not by the province and therefore imigrants have the prerogative to live anywhere in Canada - that is one of the rights of a Canadian Permanent resident.
One major red flag in the situation of this immigrant was that - he or she did not even try to stay or find job in Saskatchwean, the person immediately moved to Ontario.
The question now is, when his Canadian citizenship application is refused, what will hapen to his permanent residency?Will it be renewed? PR card in Canada expires every five years. When the time is up for renewal, what happens then?
This person stayed in Canada for 7 years. The appeal is ongoing but the applicant is not feeling positive about the possible result.
You do not want to be in the same scenario. You do not want to spend seven years of your life in Canada and be on a limbo on your PR and on your citizenship.
The lesson that we all have to learn here is that, the province allocated a PR seat for you. They could have chosen another person to nominate, but they chose you. The province saw a potential in you , a potential that you could help their economy towards growth. We all have to respect that. Try. Atleast try and stay in the province and look for a job. Have a proof that you did try to establish yourself in that province economically. And you should be able to prove that you did everything in your might , in your power and capability.
If you were not able to establish yourself, then that is the only time you should entertain the idea of moving to another province.
