Karin Scott is worried her family will be broken up if they can’t stop her son in law from being deported on Sunday.
“My daughter will lose her house. Her kids will lose their schooling. They’ll be uprooted from their daily lives and it will be a struggle,” she said.
Scott’s son in law, Sean Reid, is from the United Kingdom, but he’s been working in Canada in the oil industry for seven years. In May 2012 he applied to have his temporary work permit renewed. Seven months rolled by, and nothing was approved.
In December 2012, Reid and his girlfriend got married in England in September, and when they arrived back in Canada Reid was told he couldn’t stay, and was given a week to get his affairs in order to leave the country.
“We’ve done our side. We applied, we’ve done everything they need,” Scott said.
Scott said her daughter called her hysterical from the airport when she heard the news. “She was in tears, the kids were crying in the background, and Sean was being questioned about why he is here.”
Reid didn’t want to give CTV an on camera interview, but Scott said he wasn’t told he wasn’t allowed to leave the country while his application was being looked at. Reid was told he he’d been working illegally since he came back from another trip at the end of 2012 that he took to set up his wedding.
“The lad has worked so hard over the last seven years doing a job that some Canadians won’t do in order to raise his family and take care of his own, and this is what you get,” Scott said.
The family approached MP Kelly Block for help, but her office was unable to comment on the issue and refereed CTV to citizen and immigration Canada. They have yet to comment on the issue.
For now, all the family can do is wait and hope they won’t be split up on Sunday.
