"More than three years after fleeing a war zone and planting roots in Canada, Ihor Berezovskyi says his family's future remains uncertain. He and his family are among the 300,000 Ukrainians who arrived in Canada after Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. Ottawa offered them temporary resident status, which ended this past March. Despite staying on top of their paperwork and applying for permanent residency nearly two years ago, Berezovskyi says their status remains uncertain."
"Tykhonenko arrived in Toronto on July 6, 2022 after fleeing from Izyum, Ukraine. He completed one year at Queen's University in Kingston on a scholarship, but when his temporary resident status expired, he couldn't afford the international student fees and had to drop out. He said he applied for permanent residency status nearly two years ago. "It's created a big burden on me because I left my friends in Kingston and stopped continuing my education," he said."
Approximately 300,000 Ukrainians arrived in Canada after the Feb. 24, 2022 invasion and were granted temporary resident status that ended this past March. Many applicants who have maintained paperwork and applied for permanent residency nearly two years ago still lack confirmation of status and correspondence about children’s temporary extensions. Non-permanent status triggers additional taxes that block home purchases. Several children and grandchildren lack OHIP coverage and older students do not qualify as domestic university applicants. Some scholarship recipients have been forced to drop studies due to international fees once temporary status expired. Thousands are reported to be in similar situations.
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