Scott Mailman and Lisa Chapman

Lisa Mailman: She adored his rugged good looks. "It was love at first sight," New Zealander Scott Mailman says of meeting Canadian Lisa Chapman in Sydney in 2004. "She was the most positive, happy and adventurous person." But theirs was a love story without a happy ending, according to Hamilton Spectator. On Oct. 6 — years after they married, had a daughter and moved to Canada to be near her parents, and almost two years after she began the process of sponsoring Scott for permanent residency — Lisa Mailman, 37, died of cancer in their Port Perry home, her distraught husband by her side. He was charmed by her "sparkling eyes" and sense of adventure. Now, after having been told twice he'd have to leave Canada because his sponsor — his wife — is dead, Scott Mailman, 37, is in limbo, wading through a pile of conflicting information and trying to figure out exactly where he stands. After Lisa died, they said, 'You're not welcome.'" The only way for Mailman and his daughter to stay in Canada, their families and supporters say, is for Immigration Minister John McCallum to make an exemption and grant him permanent resident status on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. "We can't go by our The system has to be flexible. The kicker is that just two hours after Lisa died, an email arrived saying the processing of their application was being finalized and inviting them in for a final interview. "We came back to Canada because Lisa wanted our daughter to grow up here," said Mailman, his voice choking with emotion. "The irony of the whole situation is I've been legally staying here all this time and waiting for the processing of our application. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.