{"id":51601,"date":"2015-06-10T16:22:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T08:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51601"},"modified":"2015-06-10T16:26:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T08:26:18","slug":"filipina-mother-denied-permanent-residency-due-to-deaf-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/10\/filipina-mother-denied-permanent-residency-due-to-deaf-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipina mother denied permanent residency due to deaf daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filipina caregiver Karen Talosig and daughter Jazmine (Photo screengrab from CBC News report)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the final decision of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Filipina caregiver Karen Talosig, 38, is not eligible to a Canadian permanent residency status because she has an \u2018inadmissible\u2019 deaf daughter.<\/p>\n

Talosig has worked as a caregiver in Vancouver, Canada since 2008. She then started to work for a Kitsilano resident Helene Whitefield in 2009.<\/p>\n

After three years of working in the country, Talosig filed an application for a permanent residency status for herself and her daughter, disclosing the latter\u2019s health condition.<\/p>\n

After waiting for four years, Talosig has been informed, however, that her 14-year-old daughter Jazmine would be a financial burden to the public system as she would cost the government $91,000 to fund for her special education over five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to be apart from her. It\u2019s so frustrating that I\u2019ve been waiting for this long already\u2026 It\u2019s heartbreaking, to be honest. But I have to deal with it because I came here for her, for her future. It\u2019s really, really hard, but I have to be tough for her,\u201d Talosig said.<\/p>\n

British Columbia\u2019s (B.C.) education ministry saw Jazmine\u2019s special education as a dilemma since school districts were only allotted up to $18,300 budget per deaf student per year, amounting to $91,500 budget for five years.<\/p>\n

Since Jazmine would cost the government more than $6,327 a year, she is considered \u2018inadmissible\u2019 on medical grounds.<\/p>\n

Talosig, for her part, pledged that her daughter would not be a burden to Canadian taxpayers. She currently has three jobs and sends $1,000 per month to her daughter back in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is my daughter and I will support her\u2026 I know she\u2019s deaf but she\u2019s very smart and by the time she\u2019s an adult, she\u2019ll take care of herself. She won\u2019t be a burden at all,\u201d Talosig asserted.<\/p>\n

The Citizenship and Immigration Canada, however, is firm on its decision to deny.<\/p>\n

Despite the immigration\u2019s final decision, several district schools for the deaf has shown support to Talosig and her daughter. \u00a0Jazmine has even been already accepted at a school in Burnaby, B.C. as she has been a consistent honor student in the school she attends in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Filipino-Canadian supporters also believed that change is still possible. They have then started a petition asking Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to reverse the decision.<\/p>\n

To help Talosig and her daughter, sign the petition at:<\/p>\n

Ask Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to Reverse Decision Made Regarding DEAF Child!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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