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Canadian Citizenship and Stefan Mahon

Stefan Mahon: Leo and Grace have been waiting in a Sierra Leone orphanage since they were adopted by Kayt and Stefan Mahon last February. The couple lives in Canmore, Alta., and has been waiting for the proper paperwork to come through to allow the twins to leave Sierra Leone. , according to CBC. Citizenship and Immigration Canada CIC said in an email to News on Thursday that Canadian consular officials in Accra, Ghana, are now working on the couple request for citizenship for the twins and are awaiting a final round of documents from the couple. Twins who have been adopted by an Alberta couple could be one step closer to getting Canadian citizenship after the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone crippled their government ability to process their travel documents. Ebola outbreak delays Canmore couple adoption plans Ebola cases could hit 20,000, WHO says The Mahons have been urgently appealing to the Canadian government to give the twins Canadian citizenship since the government in Sierra Leone is not able to handle the passport processing because of a lack of resources caused by the deadly Ebola outbreak. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.