For over 40 months, Ottawa has refused to complete the final stage of citizenship for Taiwo and Feyisayo's legally adopted daughter, Inioluwa, preventing this Canadian family from reuniting in their Alberta home. Despite having finalized the first part of her citizenship in June 2021 and submitting all required documents, including those approved by Alberta Children’s Services, the Canadian government has not completed Part 2 of Inioluwa's application.

Inioluwa, who was 3 years old at the time of adoption and is now 7, has been kept apart from her parents, impacting her physical, emotional, and psychological well-being during crucial developmental years. While other families who applied later have received approval, Inioluwa’s case remains unresolved, forcing her parents to make difficult choices, including traveling back and forth to Nigeria and relying on extended family for care.

The family's numerous attempts to seek assistance from various government officials and agencies, including the IRCC, Alberta Children’s Services, and even the Prime Minister’s Office, have yielded no results. The continued delay is causing undue hardship to Inioluwa and her parents, and it is imperative that the Canadian government immediately finalizes her citizenship so she can finally join her family in Canada.

The situation is urgent, and the Canadian government must take swift action to reunite this family.

Under the Hague Convention, Canada cannot continue to allow a Canadian toddler to be barred from entering Canada because of its own refusal to finalize the second part of the citizenship application. That finalization (it takes only a few hours to complete Part 2 of the Citizenship process) can easily be completed at other IRCC centre if the issue is the Accra office.

It is long overdue for Canada to grant entry to 7-year-old Inioluwa Fagbamila so she can reunite with her parents in Alberta