Victims' Stories: Abdollah

• Abdollah a Canadian Citizen Married Arezou a native of IRAN in December 27, 2005.
• Abdollah was intrudes to Arezou by her brother Sayyed Samad whom immigrated to Canada not long before and encouraged him to seek relationship with Arezou as she was a good woman and he would have a happy life with her. Abdollah had seen and known Arezou before as the used to live in same City.
• They have started and continued their romantic relationship by talking on the phone e-mails and letters for some times.
• Shortly after their wedding he started the process of sponsorship for her.
• During this period, she used to keep telling him that she loved him, and he would do many things for his now wife such as sending her cash and gifts, trying to make her life happy and easy and hoping that soon they will join and start their life together.
• She arrived in Canada on October 25, 2007 without letting him know.
• On October 26, 2007, while he was checking the status of the application for her sponsorship on Immigration’s website, he discovered following message in his file:” Arezou entered Canada at Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Terminal No. 3 on October 25, 2007 and became a Permanent Resident.”
• He immediately called her in Iran and he was advised by her mother that she (Arazou) was sleeping and when he insisted that he wished to speak with her, her mother hung up the phone.
• On the same day, (October 26, 2007) in search of her brother he, ran into her and saw her with another man holding hands with. He entered into nervous shock and even considered suicide.
• Prior to seeing her in Toronto on October 26, 2007, she gave no indication that she did not wish to continue with the marriage. In fact, some weeks prior her arrival to Canada, she asked him for $1000.00 Cad. Because she said that she wanted to buy some house wares for their home in Canada.
• At no time she advise him that she had received her immigration visa, or when she received it, or when she was coming to Canada or that she had arrived in Canada.
• As a result of her deceit, he suffers from a deep depression. He lost his job, dropped out of university where he was taking some courses.
• Immediately after her arrival, she has started receiving welfare.
• On November 13, 2007, she sent a short email to him ” I wish you a good life.”