A Nigerian student, Lola Akinlade, is facing deportation from Canada after discovering that her admission letter to the University of Regina in 2016 was fake.
Akinlade, who graduated with a diploma in Social Services from Nova Scotia Community College in 2019, said she was unaware that the acceptance letter provided by an agent was fake until she was contacted by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) a few weeks before her graduation.
The IRCC has asked Akinlade to leave Canada, stating that she used a fraudulent document to secure her study permit. Akinlade has requested the IRCC to review her case, arguing that she was a victim of a “rogue agent” who supplied her with a fake acceptance letter.
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Akinlade’s story began in 2015 when she met an agent who claimed to be an immigration consultant and offered to guide her through the process of becoming an international student in Canada. She provided the agent with documents and payment, and he provided her with a study permit, plane tickets, and an acceptance letter from the University of Regina.
However, upon arriving in Canada, Akinlade discovered that there were no spaces available at the university and that she would have to go on a waitlist. She then began searching independently for a new school and program and was accepted at Nova Scotia Community College for social services.
Two years later, Akinlade received a letter from the IRCC informing her that the acceptance letter was fake. She contacted the University of Regina and learned that the letter was indeed fake.
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Akinlade has lost her study permit and has been denied a postgraduate work permit and a temporary resident permit. Her husband and their eight-year-old son, who joined her in Nova Scotia in 2018, have also lost their temporary resident status. Their younger son, born in Canada in 2021, has Canadian citizenship but lacks medical coverage due to his parents’ status.
“We’ve been surviving on our savings, and I don’t know how long we can continue doing that,” Akinlade said. “It’s really, really hard.”
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