A woman from Uganda who has been living in Ottawa for the past six years is pleading with the Canadian government to reconsider its deportation order that would separate the 34-year-old from her two sons and her partner.
She has a month to leave the country, but her family's staying hereBetty Naggayi is waiting to hear whether she'll be able to stay in Canada with her two children, with an April 1 deadline looming. is pleading with the Canadian government to reconsider its deportation order that would separate the 34-year-old from her two sons and her partner.
"I'm requesting the Government of Canada to give me a chance to stay and raise my children," said Naggayi. "It's my only hope and they are Canadians." With her other options exhausted, Naggayi applied for permanent residency under humanitarian and compassionate grounds in August — emphasizing what the loss of a mother will mean to her two children.Through her job as a cleaner, she said she contributes equally to the household's bills, but that didn't help the sponsorship application.
Naggayi hasn't received an update from government officials about her file outside of an acknowledgement it's been received, she said.If you're a mother and you have kids you know the connection that you have with your childrenEarlier this week Naggayi submitted a deferral of removal request to the Canada Border Services Agency , hoping it will grant her enough time.
After hearing details of Naggayi's case, Bonisteel said there are some grounds for approval of the permanent residency, especially given her two children."It's not an automatic stay of removal having one of those applications in process," Bonisteel said. "And the processing time is upwards of three years to get even the initial approval."
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