Army Career: Wife Michaela and Lowe

army career: Mark Lowe, who from the United Kingdom, met his wife Michaela in Germany while stationed there with the British Armed Forces, according to CBC. Together with their eight-year-old daughter Isabella, they've lived in Suffield, Alta., for the last four-and-a-half years. Their application to become permanent residents and subsequent appeal have both been turned down, leaving the couple unable to work and struggling to pay the bills. Lowe has been busy working as a millwright following his long army career, which included two tours in Iraq. His wife Michaela had been working in the oilpatch as a driver before taking a job at a local Walmart when the economy tanked. "There been a lot of stress," said Lowe. "My wife ended up in hospital for a week with a complete nervous breakdown because of the stress, this whole nightmare." Mark Lowe says Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada sometimes needs to look at the bigger picture when dealing with permanent resident applications like his. He has 23 years of experience as an engineer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.