Indian Karm Singh Gill filed the lawsuit against Suraj Jasra and his business, Canadian Pathway Immigration Services, last month through lawyer Joshua Slayen at Vancouver-based Coal Harbour Law. According to his statement of claim, Gill had started working at Route Link Logistics in Winnipeg in February 2022
Indian Karm Singh Gill living in Winnipeg on a temporary resident visa has sued a local immigration services business, alleging they gave him bad advice that may have jeopardized his chance of becoming a permanent resident, reported www.cbc.ca.
Gill filed the lawsuit against Suraj Jasra and his business, Canadian Pathway Immigration Services, last month through lawyer Joshua Slayen at Vancouver-based Coal Harbour Law. According to his statement of claim, Gill had started working at Route Link Logistics in Winnipeg in February 2022.
The company had offered to sponsor him through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee programme, so Gill hired Jasra and his company to help him submit his applications to Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada, the statement of claim pointed out.
However, Gill alleged that the defendants did not pay a required fee when submitting his work permit application, which resulted in it being rejected in September 2022.
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Gill alleged he went to Jasra for advice, at which point Jasra told him he had only advised him that he could work “because he thought that the plaintiff was working ‘for cash’,” the lawsuit said
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The lawsuit said that Gill would not have worked without a valid permit if it was not for Jasra’s advice. It also said that Gill was now unable to earn any income and was at risk of an exclusion order barring him from Canada for at least a year
The statement of claim said Jasra and Canadian Pathway Immigration Services submitted a new work permit application with Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada to “restore” Gill’s authorization to work in Canada.
Gill alleged in his statement of claim that Jasra advised him that he could continue to work while awaiting the outcome of his work permit application, which was not compliant with federal law and could result in a one-year ban from Canada.
A few months later in March, Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada requested documentation confirming Gill’s “current legal/working status,” the statement of claim said.
Gill alleged he went to Jasra for advice, at which point Jasra told him he had only advised him that he could work “because he thought that the plaintiff was working ‘for cash’,” the lawsuit said. The lawsuit said that Gill would not have worked without a valid permit if it was not for Jasra’s advice. It also said that Gill was now unable to earn any income and was at risk of an exclusion order barring him from Canada for at least a year.
None of these allegations, however, have been proven in court. The report mentioned that Jasra said he was preparing his legal defence and could not comment further on the lawsuit’s allegations. Gill’s lawyer Joshua Slayen also declined to comment further on the lawsuit or answer questions regarding his client.
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