A mother and daughter who live in Halifax, who was ordered to leave the country for a clerical error, have been granted a postponement after weeks of uncertainty.
Diana Calderón, who moved to Canada from Peru in 2022, was surprised last month to discover immigration, refugees and citizenship that Canada rejected her request for work permit, forcing her to get out of a job and preventing her daughter from returning to school.
In his letter, the Federal Department explained that the employer of Calderón, New Scotland Health, had not submitted the appropriate documentation or the compliance rate of $ 230 required for approval, which the health authority denied.
“I almost fainted,” Calderón said in a recent interview. “I didn’t expect that. This is not a very complicated permit once you have your work instead.”
He had to stop working immediately as a supply manager for the Department of the Health Authority Supply Chain, and began to trust his savings to survive. Because her daughter’s study permit is linked to Calderón’s work permit, the 14 -year -old girl was not allowed to start grade 9 with her friends this month.
The immigration letter, refugees and citizenship of Canada (IRCC) continued to say that Calderón had to pay several thousand dollars in his pocket to begin the work permit process again, or leave Canada in November.
The situation of Calderón and the lack of rapid action of IRCC led Nueva Scotia Health to take the unusual step of speaking publicly about a personnel issue, confirming CBC News that he had presented the necessary paperwork and made the payment to IRCC on December 12, 2024.
On Monday night, in response to a CBC News investigation, IRCC said he had reversed his original decision.
“A reconsideration request was received on September 15, 2025, and the case was reopened,” wrote a spokesman for the department in an email.
“The application is now approved.”
While IRCC said he received the request for reconsideration on Monday, Nueva Scotia Health told CBC News that the last weeks appealing to the department and the Minister of Federal Immigration, Lena Diab, the deputy of Halifax West had passed. The health authority said it did not receive an answer.
Calderón said she and her lawyer also made several attempts to get to IRCC.
She said they were able to confirm that the documents were received with the initial application, but were not attached to their file. CBC News saw a letter written by Calderón’s license immigration consultant, Katie Enman, which contains documentation that showed that the documentation was received on time.
Calderón said he had expected the government to fix the error to be able to “continue contributing to the community” called the city of its dreams.
She said she moved to Canada from Peru in the hope of creating a safer future for her daughter.
“It’s a bit dangerous for women,” he said. “I didn’t want it to grow in a complicated environment like that.”
IRCC said Monday that Calderón’s work permit has been renewed for two years.
Speaking before the decision was reversed, New Scotland health spokeswoman Jennifer Lewandowski said the terrible experience had affected the family.
“Diana is a working member of our team, she is making important contributions to work here,” he said.
“The situation has put tremendous stress to one of ours, herself and her daughter.”
