Canada Rejects Immigration Application for Chinese Workers

The Canadian government has decided to take away Canada permanentresidency status of three immigrants from China who is employees of Huawei. The reason given for this action is that there is suspicion for terrorism, spying and government subversion.

A fourth person, who is an ex-employee of Huawei whose, spouse is currently working for the company, was informed that his application for Canada immigration will also be rejected.

Huawei is a smart phone maker and is the third largest company in the world in this industry. The company started its Canada operation in the year 2008. The company has come under scanner from the Canadian government citing concerns for unsubstantiated spying.

An immigration officer at Chinese embassy in Hong Kong disclosed that a Chinese applicant for Canada permanent residency will be rejected. In the decision for rejection the name of the spouse of the applicant is also included. Both the people are working for the company at present.

The rejection letter stated that there is sufficient evidence that has made the authorities to come to the conclusion that Canada permanent residency should not be granted to these people. Terrorism, espionage and government subversion are the reasons given for rejecting Canada immigration application.

Another letter was issued by Canada immigration official in which the spouse of the applicant was denied entry into the country. The names of all the four applicants were presented to The Globe and Mail but asked to maintain them confidential. The case for both the couples was presented by a Hong Kong based Canada immigration consultant.

Huawei, at present has operation in 170 countries, only recently the company started having some problems in it US operation. The House Intelligence Committee of the USA has alleged that risk of foreign espionage is posed by the company. However, nothing substantial was put forward to support the claim.

Same kind of problem was reported by the Australian authorities in the year 2012. The company was blocked from bidding on the national broadband of the country. Some of the Canada immigration official refused to put forward any more details on the incident.