Residency Status: Jail Sentences and Canadian Citizenship

residency status: Between 2006 and 2013, over 1,600 clients of New Can Consultants and Wellong International Investments paid over 10 million for its services, according to Metro News. The three women were individually fined between 50,000 and 96,000 in addition to their jail sentences. Jin Fanny Ma, Ming Kun Makkie Wu and Wen Vivian Jiang took part in a large-scale immigration fraud that included creating the appearance of Canadian residency so their clients could obtain permanent residency status and obtain Canadian citizenship. The Canada Border Services Agency says the investigation was the largest it has every pursued. CBSA is now reviewing the list of New Can and Wellong clients, and says it will actively investigate anyone who may have misrepresented themselves to maintain permanent residency in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.