Travel Document: Yakobi and Residency

travel document: Yakobi had flown to her native country in July, but found herself unable to return to Toronto when Citizenship and Immigration Canada denied her request for a travel document and revoked her permanent residency status, according to The Chronicle Herald. CIC said she violated a residency requirement by only spending 65 days in Canada over the past five years, while Yakobi claimed she had lived in Toronto continuously since 2014. Julia Yakobi daughter says the federal government has reversed course on a previous decision and granted her the documents necessary to fly home from Moscow in the next few days. CIC eventually agreed to revisit Yakobi case and allow her to present more paperwork to support her claim to long-term residency. It our mom... The last couple of months, all we've been doing is just waiting." Julia Yakobi travelled to Moscow to seek medical advice in July with an expired permanent residency card, a move that Citizenship and Immigration Canada allows but does not recommend. Her daughter says the family complied by submitting a package of paperwork weighing 3.8 kilograms that ultimately led the government to overturn its decision. "I can't find the words to say how happy I am that she finally coming back where she belongs," Hannah Yakobi said in a telephone interview. "We've spent so much time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.