Canada cuts the number of "tainted" immigration cases from 2,000 to 300
Branch Vice President Aaron McCrorie told Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco E.L. Mendicino about big changes in response to letters from victims of immigration scams who asked for their PR status.
In a good sign for immigrants waiting for their PR in Canada, the Task Force set up to check the legality and authenticity of immigration papers has cut the number of tainted cases from 2,000 to just 300.
Notably, 700 Indians, most of whom were from Punjab, were at risk of being deported because their papers did not meet the rules for getting a PR of Canada. Later, it turned out that Brijesh Mishra, a travel agent in Jalandhar, had lied to get those Indian students into the country.
The Canadian Border Security Agency found out that students who wanted PR with a Visa used fake papers. Students who were going to be deported had asked Education Migration Services in Jalandhar, which was led by Brijesh Mishra, for study visas.
When removal seemed likely for 700 Indian students, they started a peaceful protest against the government. The protest spread around the world and was strongly opposed by the Indian government and the Punjab state government.
Now, we know that the Canada Task Force has gone through the 2000 cases and cut the list down to 300.
Multiple victims of immigration fraud wrote to Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco E.L. Mendicino asking about their PR status. Branch Vice President Aaron McCrorie apparently wrote back to the victims to keep them up to date on the investigation.
Aaron McCrorie allegedly wrote in his reply, "In 2018, CBSA was looking into organized crime groups and learned of problems with students not going to school and getting involved in crime and gangs.
This led to new lines of inquiry, and in the end, tips from the public in 2020 helped us find over 2,000 cases in which fake papers may have been used to get a student visa.
Together with Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), we reviewed these cases and identified roughly 300 that warranted serious attention.
In the letter, the Vice President also wrote, "The CBSA handles each case on an individual basis based on the facts. In these 300 cases of worry, there are real students, people who allegedly helped with the scheme, and people who allegedly used the system to get into Canada.
McCrorie is also said to have said that, as was said in June, an IRCC team was working closely with the CBSA to find real students by looking at the details of each case.
"We are stopping removals in these cases so that the study can happen. If they are found to be real students, they may be given a temporary resident pass so they can stay in Canada longer.
Brijesh Mishra was caught by Canadian police last month as he tried to sneak into the country. Brijesh Mishra is a visa agent in Jalandhar, Punjab.
He is suspected of giving out fake Canadian college admissions. This was found out when 700 Indian students living in Canada were told they had to leave. Notably, Mishra hasn't been seen since the scandal about the fake Canadian college acceptance letters broke out.
The DC also called Mishra, who used to run an immigration office in Jalandhar, but he did not show up. Brijesh Mishra was charged by the Canada Border Services Agency with giving immigration advice without a license and telling other people to lie or hide information from officials.
The Indian students had to start a calm protest against the Justin Trudeau government to get justice after they were told they would have to leave.
On the other hand, in India, Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that the state government will give free legal help to nearly 700 Indian students who are facing deportation from Canada because they bought fake college acceptance letters from scam consultants in India.
Finally, the Canadian government chose not to send back the Indian students who had come to the country through a supposed immigration scam and had fake letters of acceptance from universities.
Former Immigration Minister Sean Fraser of Canada has stated, "A task force has been put together to look into each case and help the people who were scammed."
