US EditionFederal 'clerical error' puts N.S. mom and daughter's legal status at risk
A clerical error falsely linked Nova Scotia Health to a $230 unpaid compliance fee, causing deportation threats now reversed by federal Immigration Minister Lena Diab.
- Diana Calderón and her 14-year-old daughter Sofia faced a rejected work permit from Immigration Canada on August 6, 2025, in Nova Scotia.
- The rejection stemmed from a federal claim that Nova Scotia Health had not paid a required $230 compliance fee, which the health authority disputes as a clerical error.
- Calderón, a sourcing manager for Nova Scotia Health since 2022, had to stop working immediately and relied on savings while her daughter was barred from starting Grade 9 this school year.
- After Nova Scotia Health filed paperwork and paid the fee on December 12, 2024, a reconsideration request on September 15, 2025, led IRCC to reverse its decision on Monday evening, renewing Calderón's permit until September 2027.
- The reversal ended weeks of uncertainty and stress, allowing Calderón and Sofia to resume work and school, though Calderón said uncertainty about normalcy remains.
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Federal ‘clerical error’ puts N.S. mom and daughter’s legal status at risk
A single mother who immigrated to Canada in 2022 said Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada informed her on Aug. 6 that it had rejected her work permit, because her employer of about two years, Nova Scotia Health, did not pay a $230 compliance fee — a payment the provincial health authority says it paid.
Federal 'clerical error' puts N.S. mom and daughter's legal status at risk
HALIFAX — Since the school year began, Diana Calderón has spent most weekday afternoons driving her 14-year-old daughter to the Halifax junior high school she should be attending, timing their visits with recess so the teenager can spend a few minutes with her classmates. “I’m driving her so she can see her friends and talk […]
Mother, daughter threatened with deportation over clerical error allowed to stay in Canada
Diana Calderón, who moved to Canada from Peru in 2022, was shocked last month to discover Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada had rejected her work permit, forcing her out of a job and preventing her daughter from returning to school.
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