Citizenship Immigration Canada and Felipe Montoya

Immigration lawyers: Immigration lawyers say that when a whole family applies for residency, a finding of inadmissibility against one of its members winds up applying to everyone on the application, according to Hamilton Spectator. Montoya takes exception to CIC ruling, saying his 13-year-old son is currently making use of the same publicly available resources as his daughter, who does not have a disability. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has told Felipe Montoya that his son condition makes him inadmissible to Canada because of the potential burden the child would place on the health care system. He also questions CIC calculation of how much money his son could cost Canadian taxpayers, adding that he and his wife have been among those taxpayers since arriving in the country four years ago. The family saga began when Montoya moved to Canada from his native Costa Rica to take up a position at Toronto York University. CIC said it could not comment on the specific case, which Montoya says has potential implications for families besides his own. "We consider it to be in contradiction to the charter for many reasons, and we think that it based on outdated views of so-called disabilities and that it needs to be looked at again and brought up-to-date," Montoya said in a telephone interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.