Canadian resident says clerical error caused govt to revoke status
TORONTO — A permanent Canadian resident currently stranded in Moscow says she has had her status revoked due to a clerical error and accuses the government of refusing to listen to her efforts to get it reinstated.
Julia Yakobi says the Aug. 11 decision has left her stranded in her native country without means of returning to the country she now considers home.
Yakobi travelled to Moscow in July with an expired permanent residency card, a move that Citizenship and Immigration Canada allows but does not recommend.
Yakobi applied for a travel document that would allow her to return to Canada, but was both denied the document and told she did not meet the criteria for permanent residency days before her scheduled flight home.