Quebec family forced to return to Mexico after mother says she failed French exam by 1 point

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mexico-work-permit-monica-colin-silva-9.7069767

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BCsven@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 195d (14 replies)

While it is terrible that they will deport over 427 points when she needed 428, the article says she can retest for several hundred dollars. They claim that is too much to come up with, but are looking to put money together as they are forced to fly back.

This doesn't make sense to me.

Borrow a few hundred and do a rewrite to save your livelyhood.

She must be good enough at French, she did her masters degree in the French language.

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 195d (5 replies)

It costs more for a flight to Mexico than a retest. Something is off here.

partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 195d (3 replies)

While Colín Silva has the option of taking the exam again, she says it costs hundreds of dollars to complete and that is money she and her family cannot spare.

Her family is currently struggling to find the means to pay their rent in Quebec City and to pay for plane tickets to return to Mexico.

Out of money for the retake, rent, or plane tickets back. Sounds like they're just totally out of money.

“I don’t want to speak poorly of a country that welcomed me, but I find this really inhumane,” she said. “It’s as though we are garbage.”

I'm not seeing anything insulting about the government's position. There's a language requirement. They knew that. It sounds like the first test taking may have been free, but on failed tests, the followups have fee. Where are they being treated like garbage?

BCsven@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 195d

Maybe in the sense of the word Gabage "being thrown away / cast aside", rather than meaning of "purposeful harsh treatment from others"

just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 195d (1 reply)

That sounds similar to loan sharking. They are preying on vulnerable people

partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 195d

That sounds similar to loan sharking. They are preying on vulnerable people

They are foreign nationals that are trying to gain status in Canada. It sounds like the first language test was provided at no cost to them.

What cost-free obligations do you believe a host nation has toward foreign nationals for living and working in that nation?

MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca · -5 pts · 195d

If they are going to the media, they probably have a hidden motive to do so.

9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 195d (2 replies)

She must be good enough at French, she did her masters degree in the French language.

there have been cases of literal french people from france failing the QC french test

Slayan@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 194d

Not cases. A single case, which was dealt with in less than a week, made the headline.

BCsven@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 195d

Oof

StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website · 7 pts · 195d

Wondering if there’s a minimum wait before retesting and that would put them beyond the time limit.

Or perhaps she’s previously tested failed the test and this was her best result.

Smaile@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 194d (3 replies)

If she has a masters in French she shouldn't have failed at all, make me wonder how legit she is but your right, she should just be able to retest even if she has to come up with quick money.

CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 194d (2 replies)

French people from France regularly fail that test...

Smaile@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 194d (1 reply)

! What, is this another play by the qblock provincial gov to keep out "non french" by making the test bullshit hard just to make sure most foreigners fail?

CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 194d

CAQ actually, fucking joke of a party...

tempest@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 195d

Gotta draw the line somewhere

betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 195d

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DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · -9 pts · 195d (1 reply)

Love Canadians showing their whole ass the moment you think they might be any different from a cold American

Slayan@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 194d

Ah yes the good old prejudice quotes. We got them here as well.