Family Ties: Deepak Sharma

Deepak Sharma: The 33-year-old corporal, based at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario, has been unsuccessful in obtaining a visa for his parents in India to visit their two-year-old grandson, Akarsh, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder, according to The Star. In rejecting the applications, the visa office in Chandigarh, India, cited his parents lack of travel history abroad, family ties in Canada and purpose of visit as reasons to believe they would not leave the country after their visit. A Citizenship and Immigration spokesperson said she couldnt discuss details, because the required consent form from the family was incomplete and Deepak Sharma has fought for Canada in Afghanistan and Libya, but the air force veteran just cannot beat Canadian immigration officials. Twice, in March and May, Sharma applied to invite his father, Ashok Kumar, and mother Renu, both in their late 50s, to visit Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.