Immigration Visa: Immigration and Applicant

immigration visa: When the family asked immigration officials to extend their immigration visa and replace the wife as the principal applicant, they were told no extension could be granted and advised getting in touch with the embassy in Tel Aviv with an update only after the man died, according to Toronto Star. While we sympathize with your situation, it is not possible to have your mother replace your father as principal applicant, the Immigration Department said in an email to their daughter in Thornhill last March. The elderly couple was given six months to move to Canada but Alim Shifrin, a family doctor, was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and was too sick to travel, leaving his wife, Sofia, in limbo as a dependant applicant. Your parents' file is now closed and nothing can be done. Article Continued Below The processing times for parents' sponsorship applications are much shorter nowadays anyway, the email added. We suggest that you contact us again after the loss of your father, and we will then review the case. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.