The correct guardian of three Ukrainian young of us who grew to severely change caught in Mexico all the way through a outing realized Thursday she would per chance be ready to earn the young of us reduction to Canada where they fled all the way through the battle, after CBC Knowledge made more than one inquiries with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). 

The young of us — a 9-year-historical boy and two 12-year-historical ladies — were in Mexico since Dec. 11, when they arrived in Puerto Vallarta with their Canadian guardian, Olga Ostapiv, for what was once supposed to be a week-long vacation. 

After two months of combating to bring them reduction to Canada, Ostapiv acknowledged immigration officers suggested her Thursday to rob the young of us and their passports to Mexico City, where the paperwork would per chance be processed to sooner or later earn the young of us house. She acknowledged she hopes to accept as true with the young of us reduction in Edmonton early next week.

Ostapiv, who’s Ukrainian, on the foundation took in the young of us and grew to severely change their correct guardian because she wished to attend of us from her hometown, which she left in 2009. With out a doubt one of many ladies is her sister’s granddaughter, while the opposite two are the young of us of family chums. 

The young of us arrived in Canada in Could fair and Ostapiv acknowledged they’d been adjusting to their recent lives in Edmonton.

“They are very sweet, upright behaviour young of us,” she acknowledged.

Her family was once slated to rob the outing to Mexico, which had been postponed attributable to the pandemic, and Ostapiv acknowledged she couldn’t undergo to depart the young of us on the reduction of, so she decided to rob them along.

Visas simplest allowed one-time entry to Canada

However when they tried to board the flight house on Dec. 18, Ostapiv acknowledged she was once told they would per chance perchance well also now not return to Canada.

The young of us on the foundation arrived in Canada on emergency proceed visas, which Ostapiv did now not realize simplest allowed for one-time entry into the country. 

When she realized the error, Ostapiv space about submitting recent by skill of capabilities for the three young of us, which she filed on Dec. 22, nonetheless there was once no response. 

“On each day basis, twice a day, I budge to my computer. I’m checking. Possibly it’s some news,” she acknowledged Wednesday, recalling how they grew to severely change caught in Mexico, appealing from resort to resort as they awaited discover on their fate.

Ostapiv stayed there with them except the starting of January, when she needed to come to Edmonton for work. But any other relative is now in Mexico with the young of us. 

Because the topic dragged on, Ostapiv grew to severely change desperate and says she even opinion to be sending them reduction to Ukraine.

“After I told this [to] the young of us, they [were] having a stumble on at me, ‘Please earn now not ship us reduction house,'” she acknowledged.

“I’m doing my simplest to bring them house … to repair my mistake,” Ostapiv acknowledged, with tears in her eyes. “It be now not anyone’s fault. It be simplest my fault.”

CBC Knowledge spoke with the young of us over video chat in Puerto Vallarta earlier this week.

“We for sure are seeking to come to Canada because this is also very refined for us,” acknowledged 12-year-historical Yuliia.

“We budge over our family and chums,” acknowledged 12-year-historical Anastasiia.

Frustration from those helping

Mike Thomas, a Ukrainian reduction organizer who has been helping Ostapiv with the topic, acknowledged he is been talking to MPs and reaching out to Immigration Minister Sean Fraser on the family’s behalf.

“Ample is enough, you know? We realize there’s a mistake made and all americans understands that,” Thomas acknowledged Wednesday, earlier than receiving news that the young of us could well perchance also return to Canada.

“However we accept as true with a five-minute reply to this area … The minister indicators a letter, they’ll area a proceed document instantaneously and [the kids] could well perchance be on the next flight house.”

CBC Knowledge requested an interview with Fraser while Ostapiv was once aloof staring at for a resolution, nonetheless Fraser’s spokesperson acknowledged the minister was once now not ready to notify to explicit cases.

In a assertion, the IRCC acknowledged it processes capabilities as swiftly as seemingly, nonetheless advanced capabilities could well perchance also rob longer.