Wang Xun was convicted by the court last year and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. The clients he serves are facing the scrutiny of the Canadian government. Some people had their identities revoked for forgery, while others were deported to China. Documents obtained by CBC through the Immigration Appeals Department (IAD) show that two of them failed to appeal, and the documents revealed the details of the fraud.
Investment immigrants have dual identities.
Sharla Cheung, 53, came to Vancouver as an investment immigrant with her husband and daughter from June 5 to February 2007, and settled in Bennaby. Sharla Cheung left six days after landing and lived in China for two years. She returned to Canada in 2009 and then left, claiming to take care of her sick grandmother.
Permanent residents must live in Canada for two years within five years, otherwise they will lose their identity. In order to keep her immigration status, Sharla Cheung found Wang Xun, and gained a dual identity that made her live in Canada at the same time during her stay in China.
Wang Xun forged the entry and exit stamp on Sharla Cheung passport to prove that he had stayed in for a specified number of days. Wang Xun also provided evidence that his company paid wages, which made Sharla Cheung look like he was working in Canada.
Craig Costantino, an appeal judge, said that in addition to the Canadian employment certificate, fraudulent means also included filling out tax returns for working in Canada with the assistance of immigration consultants. However, Sharla Cheung admitted that she spent most of her time in China during the relevant period. "The consultant filled out her application form for renewal of maple leaf card on 20 12, saying that she was working in Canada from 20 10 to 20 12."
Sharla Cheung appealed last month on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, saying that she needed to take care of three young grandchildren. However, according to the referee, this is a recent change. Sharla Cheung went to China after landing, leaving her husband and daughter for nearly five years. As a result, Sharla Cheung's appeal was rejected, his permanent resident status was revoked and he was ordered to leave the country.
Create the history of studying abroad out of thin air
Zheng, 28, also appealed the expulsion order on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
According to documents obtained by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Zheng, 18 years old, came to Canada in 2006 and applied for immigration five years later. She claimed to study at Langara College in Vancouver and then at the University of Calgary. But the fact is, during this time, she studied in England and lived in England, not Canada.
The immigration consultant hired by Zheng Xin accused Zheng's last immigration consultant, Wang Xun, and his company Weilong International at the hearing of the Immigration and Refugee Board, saying that Zheng's father hired the consultant and she trusted his father.
However, Larry Campbell, the appeal judge, believes that Zheng received several years of English higher education and reached the master's level. It seems that she hasn't read the form she signed. Campbell said that Zheng's testimony was not credible. "I found that she made false statements, whether directly or through intentional blindness. She was not an innocent victim of the actions of her parents and consultants."
Zheng's humanitarian and sympathetic reason is that she gave birth to a daughter in Canada, close to 1 year old. But Campbell said that there is no reason why children can't leave Canada, because Zheng's husband lives in China. "Living with parents is usually in the best interests of children."
More cases are still under investigation.
The case of Wang Xun shows that China people have a great demand for Canadian residence permits. 20 10 immigration officials in Edmonton noticed that some applicants for maple leaf card renewal were very strange, such as 63 people living in a house, and this large-scale fraud case was exposed. The Immigration Bureau finally tracked down Wang Xun and two immigration consulting companies.
The Canadian Border Services Agency raided the Wangs and their two companies and obtained 90 boxes of documents, 18 computers and 200 passports, including tens of thousands of emails. It took the government a year to translate these materials. After Wang Xun was sentenced to prison, three accomplices involved in the case have recently pleaded guilty to the court. According to CBC, 65,438+05 of Wang Xun's original customers have been deported to China.
The Border Service Agency accused the former customers of Wang Xun 120 of obtaining permanent residency on the grounds of forgery; More than 200 people may lie to become Canadian citizens. Another 500 former clients are also under investigation, bringing the total number of people who may face deportation to more than 800. So far, the government has issued 44 expulsion orders, but some of them have appealed.
And Zheng's appeals against the expulsion order were rejected, which was an ominous sign for other former clients in Wang Xun, because they were found to have forged. Their appeal against the expulsion order will be heard in the next few months.