Immigration rejected on the ground of bad health of daughter.

Permanent residency application of a Calgary critical-care doctor has been rejected on grounds that his daughters might be a drain on the health care system of Canada.

Stanley Muwanguzi, a South African physician, said that his 22-year-old daughter has been institutionalized since she was a toddler and he has no intention of moving her to Canada. He said that it has been a nightmare and that this has happened in Canada is really shameful.

Muwanguzi works in the Peter Lougheed Hospital and has been practicing since 2002 in Canada.

A letter from the government sent to Muwanguzi stated that he is unable to meet the requirements for immigration to Canada. The letter says that under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, a person is inadmissible to Canada if the person’s health condition, severe developmental delay associated with cerebral palsy, is likely to cause excessive demand on health and social services. And since the non-accompanying family member of Muwanguzi is inadmissible to Canada, so he is also not admissible to Canada.

Muwanguzi, who is in Canada on a temporary foreign worker permit, has appealed the ruling.

A Citizenship and Immigration Canada spokesman said that the case is complicated. Rob Ferguson said that he expects a decision will occur soon.

Muwanguzi said that if he not provided an answer soon, then he will have to move to the United States.

Wendy Danson, his lawyer, said that Canada is in need of doctors like Muwanguzi and even his son, who is also a doctor practicing in South Africa and is likely to move to Canada very soon.

She said that Canada has someone who is very skilled and also has a skilled son to join him soon, so there is absolutely no logic behind such a decision.

Muwanguzi is a father of five and has two daughters living with him. His wife, Susan, is a teacher in Calgary, also lives with him and two of their sons are living in South Africa. Once a year, the couple returns to South Africa to visit their sons and their daughter with cerebral palsy, who is not even able to recognize them or talk to them.

Muwanguzi said that he told the Immigration Department in clear words that he has no plans to destabilize his daughter. She has been living in the same institution since she was 18-months-old and they are looking after her very well, so there is no reason to move her elsewhere, he said.