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German family sues immigration consultant

A family of German immigrants facing removal from Canada is suing the Manitoba immigration consultant who handled their file.

In September 2007, Thomas Rost decided to move to Canada with his wife Jena and their three children. At the time they didn’t speak English well so they searched online for help and turned to Star 7 International, an immigration consulting firm based in Winkler, Man.

Company president Adele Dyck, an immigration consultant, travelled to Germany in March 2008 and met with Rost, who paid her $6,000 for her services. Dyck found Rost a job and agreed to handle the family's immigration application.

A statement of claim filed in Winnipeg on May 27, 2011, alleges Dyck advised the Rost family they should not tell immigration officials they were planning on moving to Canada.

Instead, according to the claim, the Rosts were advised to say they were coming to Canada as “visitors” and that they should apply for tourist visas on the plane from Germany.

"She said 'no, no, you come here as a visitor. You're not telling somebody you're here to work, and we take it all from here. When you arrive in Winnipeg we take over from there,' " Rost told CBC News in an interview at his home near Plum Coulee.

During questioning on arrival at the airport in Canada in June 2008, Rost said, the family admitted they planned to stay in the country.

That admission almost led to their immediate removal, but after some negotiation, an arrangement was reached that allowed the Rosts to stay. The family had to drive to the U.S. border and apply for work visas upon re-entry to Canada.

However, the Rosts' problems were only beginning.

Thomas Rost had a conviction from a traffic accident back in Germany. He said he told Dyck the conviction might be problematic with immigration officials. However, he said, Dyck left that detail off the immigration form and assured him he shouldn’t worry about it.

"That's what you want to hear," Rost said. "You know, we should have been smarter — probably we should have asked for more information — but that's what you want to hear. And I mean, she must know. She is an immigration consultant."

However, officials found out about the conviction and because it wasn't reported, the whole family was ordered to leave.

"You trust people, and you basically wait for your permanent resident card," Rost said. "You do not wait for a deportation order.

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