U.K. midwife facing deportation from B.C. after work permit denied over English test

Im in Quebec and I had a recent employee originally from France denied a PR decision or open work permit because he didnt submit proof he speaks French..

Even though I was born in the US, my first language is Spanish. Lived in Mexico as a toddler and visited at least twice a year until I started college. At one of my previous jobs, I had to speak Spanish every day because we had a lot of customers who did not speak any English at all; about two years in, this job offered employees a chance to get a language badge added to our name tags. My direct managers encouraged me to apply and signed off on it, only to be denied by upper management because I had no proof that I spoke Spanish, and even told in the denial email to "only speak English from now on to avoid confusion". Other native Spanish speakers were just given their badges, while I was asked to submit evidence that I took at least a college-level Spanish course. A different job just gave me the language tag when I asked for one even though company policy also said I needed to submit proof/take a test, because "your real test would be when a customer speaks Spanish to you because of the badge, and you answer correctly and don't look like a fool".

It's not as simple as just asking questions especially when trying to find a REAL PERSON in IRCC administration to explain where to find clear directions to upload. The language requirement is a valid however I would like to see the same IT people who designed the form find and complete the online upload then decide how "easy" the application upload is as claimed.

Took a required test, couldn't find a place to upload it so ignored it. Didn't ask questions.

Just like when immigrants from France fail the Quebec French language test. Those stories are always amusing.

This is like getting a ticket for running a red light and you go 'there was no red light' and they go 'there's supposed to be one'.

A family friend is a nurse. She had been working as a labour and delivery nurse in a large university hospital in California. Moved to Ontario in the middle of COVID when we had a huge shortage of nurses and it took almost 2 years for her to get accreditation. The biggest delay was the English test, even though English is the only language she speaks and her university degree is from the US. She could have been working in a hospital in a time we needed her most but instead stupid rules meant the best job she could get was as an unlicensed aide in a doctor’s office.

Clickbait title. She didn’t fail the test, she didn’t include it in her application.

I’m a Canadian citizen and a midwife who trained in NZ but also have a BSc from a Canadian (English) university, ironically with a minor in English Lit. When I came back to Canada I had to write (and pay for) an English language proficiency test. Stupidest hoop ever, but I did it!

Two peoples separated by a common language.

3 years of high school Spanish. A Mexican border collie understands more Spanish than I do. I speak American with Spanish words, mainly nouns and infinitives. But I try. Lo siento.

So? She failed to complete an application .

My interactions with IRCC in the last 16 years have been difficult, to say the least, it's an unforgiving system that is horrifically laid out and poorly sign posted. My most recent encounter was an ETA application which generated issues because apparently I'm still a PR (whole other story). The simple task of addressing my current status within Canada was a challenge, it just isn't clear and the guidance was conflicting. I then had issues with uploading documents and I'm still not sure if I've complied with their requirements. So in summary, I sympathise with this poor lady.

Most visas are designed to allow in people who are particularly good at doing paperwork rather than people who are legitimately skilled. I have applied for visas in multiple countries and it is insane the hoops you jump through. Stacks of documents, many of them repeating information. I think that this sort of paperwork is really just designed to decrease the amount of immigrants, rather than select only immigrants that meet the right requirements.

she is from the birthplace of the language

We got mf shipped in by the crate speaking no English, wtf is this

Meanwhile that A class driver in the left lane can’t read, speak or understand english and gets to stay

Canadian here  Red tape is our speciality.  We will take someone who claims refugee status with no documentation. We will give them free housing, free food, and free healthcare. We will even give them 2k a month to live.  But if someone from a commonwealth country comes, we scrutinizing WHY do you want to come to Canada 

This is ridiculous. Maybe if somone from immigration actually SPOKE to her, they would be able to tell she speaks English. This should be an oral test. She's from the UK, she's called Heather, she obviously speaks English. How many people do we all speak to, probably daily, who don't speak English very well, but have been here for years?!

So instead of contacting them about how to get the test results uploaded she decided it didn’t matter? And is now upset she is suffering the consequences of her own actions.

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I remember a story about a family friend who was applying for work at Government of Canada (don't remember exactly where). Was tested in language proficiencies, because obviously. Failed the French test... *as a native French speaker.* (Necause they don't actually test for fluency, they test for grammatical bullying that no one's used in a hundred years.)

Canada deports people? That's not what I've been hearing.

Congratulations, Canada. You passed the admission test for becoming an EU member. But please keep in mind you still have to pass the language test...

She didn't come via boat, did she ?