Sukhbir Badal seeks EAM’s intervention to stop deportation of 700 Punjabi students from Canada

He added, “I wish to bring to your notice that the 700 students have been duped by an unscrupulous education migration services company and that they face this predicament due to no fault of theirs. These students paid Rs 16 to Rs 20 lakh to the company which purportedly facilitated their admission in Humber College in Ontario by generating fake Admission Offer letters along with fake fee deposit receipts. The students were given visas on the basis of this forgery by the Canadian embassy.”

The SAD chief further wrote, “Upon arrival in Canada the company informed the students that their admission to Humber University had been cancelled and facilitated their admission to another institution after taking a commission between Rs five to Rs six lakh.”

He added, “The scam, however, came to light when some of the students applied for Permanent Residency (PR) and their documents were scrutinized. The fact that the students were made to sign their applications as self-applicants by the company has put the entire blame of the forgery on them.”

Sukhbir pointed out in the letter, “Sir, as you would surmise from the circumstances, the students are bearing the consequences of the fraud done unto them. It is also a fact that the fraud could have been detected at the very onset if the Canadian embassy issuing visas to the students had conducted a scrutiny of their College offer letter.”

He urged Jaishankar, “You are requested to intervene in the matter and apprise the Canadian government that the students are not at fault and are in fact victims of a scam perpetrated on them. While due action should be taken against the education migration company, the future of the students should not be spoiled by conducting the deportation proceedings. The parents of their students have spent their hard earned money to educate their wards in Canada with the hope that they would be granted Permanent Residency there. Deporting the students back to India will virtually destroy 700 families. I am hopeful you will consider this case sympathetically and take due action.”