Manitoba-bound Ukrainian families disappointed as children’s visas delayed
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Winnipeggers Anastasia Aslanova and Mykhaylo Byelostotskiy are baffled some Ukrainians seeking Canadian visas are facing long waits for visas for their children.
A Ukrainian-Canadian family in Winnipeg is pressing Ottawa for answers after their relatives waited weeks for visas for their children — caught in limbo in Germany, unable to go home to Ukraine or move on to their Canadian destination.
Anastasia Aslanova and Mykhaylo Byelostotskiy are preparing to welcome Aslanova’s sister, Oleksandra, and two nieces — arranging beds and toys — but it’s a wait that’s weeks longer than they anticipated.
The Winnipeg couple helped Oleksandra apply for visitor visas before Canada launched its expedited program on March 17, known as the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET).
At the time of the announcement, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said the applications would take just weeks to process, instead of the usual year.
Oleksandra completed Canada’s biometric requirement at one of Germany’s two visa application centres in late March, even though her passport is equipped with an electronic chip containing identification information like fingerprints.
She provided translated birth certificates for her seven and nine-year-old daughters when they were requested on April 2.
But until Wednesday, only Oleksandra’s visa was going ahead.
The girls’ applications were pending for almost a month.
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