Arielle Townsend never thought to question the citizenship card the government gave her. Now, Immigration Canada says she may not have status. Pictured left, Townsend and her husband Amani.
Arielle Townsend, pictured left with her husband Amani, never thought to question the citizenship card the government gave her. Now, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says she may not have status. Last September, 32-year-old Arielle Townsend came home to a letter from the federal immigration department stating her Canadian citizenship was at risk of being revoked.She'd come to Canada as an infant in 1992. She was not yet a year old when a Mississauga, Ont.
Townsend and her lawyers have provided the government with all the facts in response, including that they believe the government has made an error and her mother was a citizen when she was born.He's been in Canada since childhood. His family is allowed to stay, but he's facing deportation "It would be unconscionable to actually deprive her of her citizenship and attempt to treat her... as if she just stepped off the airplane yesterday."According to the statement of facts that Townsend's lawyers have submitted to the government, her family applied for Canadian citizenship back in January 1991.
When she was only a few months old, in January 1992, Towson's mother returned to Canada briefly, without her, to sort out her citizenship papers. Townsend's mother brought her home to Canada in April 1992. She was issued her official citizenship card that August.Townsend's lawyer Daniel Kingwell says this is a case where the family asked the right questions and followed the rules.
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