Canada faces questions over treatment of Iranian conscripts as U.K, Australia take different approach

It's just one of the many ways his life has taken a turn since he and hundreds of other Iranians living in Canada received letters on Aug. 6 and 7 informing them they may be inadmissible to stay in the country because of mandatory military service they were forced to complete in Iran as young men.

"I don't have a future right now," Tasbandi, who lives in Halifax, told CBC News this week.

For years, Tasbandi, who arrived in December 2023, had been waiting for a work permit renewal, a situation that prevented his wife from getting a work permit of her own. His 11-year-old daughter has had serious trouble at school since she discovered her father's immigration troubles, he said.