{"id":4622,"date":"2025-11-14T05:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:45:23","slug":"east-indian-scammer-who-scammed-another-east-indian-scammer-for-false-papers-doesnt-have-to-give-back-his-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4622","title":{"rendered":"East Indian Scammer Who Scammed Another East Indian Scammer for False Papers Doesn&#8217;t Have to Give Back His Money:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MAN WHO PAID TO ILLEGALLY EXTEND WORK PERMIT NOT ENTITLED TO MONEY BACK, COURT RULES <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TWO MEN CALLED \u2018EQUALLY AT FAULT\u2019 BY JUDGE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>National Post<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13 Nov 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[This is a sordid story of the widespread scamming, especially on the part of East Indians of the student visas, the temporary\u00a0foreign workers programme and Canada&#8217;s porous &#8220;refugee&#8221; system. Fraudulent\u00a0documents are sold for a fortune and, of course, it&#8217;s these people who are scamming and exploiting their own people. The whole temporary foreign workers programme, except for agriculture\u00a0should be cancelled.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/t.prcdn.co\/img?regionKey=DQfzOVihYg5ncrRI4rgFlg%3d%3d\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>A worker from India paid a fixer $15,000 to extend his work permit in Canada and then sued after being refused a promised letter of endorsement from the City of Grande Prairie. A court has ruled he cannot get his money back.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An Indian man who paid a fixer $15,000 in a failed attempt to extend his work permit in Canada entered into an \u201cillegal contract\u201d and is not entitled to get his money back, according to a recent decision from Alberta\u2019s Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ritik Sibbal sued Rajiv Chourhary Nathyal because the letter of endorsement from the City of Grande Prairie that Nathyal had agreed to help him obtain never materialized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSibbal understood that a letter of endorsement would allow him to continue to work in Canada after his (postgraduate work permit) expired and potentially obtain permanent residency. Sibbal told the court that Nathyal agreed that the $15,000 he provided would be returned if a letter of endorsement was not obtained. The application for Sibbal\u2019s letter of endorsement was refused; however, Nathyal never returned the money to Sibbal,\u201d Justice Susanne Stushnoff wrote in a recent decision out of Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSibbal was very poised before the court and presented as a smart and articulate individual. He was motivated to enter into an illegal contract due to his authentic desire to become a permanent resident of Canada. However, one of the elements that makes Canada such a desirable place to live is its legal system,\u201d the judge wrote in her decision, dated Nov. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathyal was served with notice of the lawsuit, but failed to defend himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal testified that he \u201ccame to Canada in April 2019 to attend business college in Vancouver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating, he obtained a work permit that was good for three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His goal was to obtain a work permit before that expired that would allow him to stay in Canada and obtain permanent residency here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal moved to Grande Prairie in August 2023 under the understanding that the city in northwestern Alberta \u201cwas considered \u2018rural,\u2019 \u201d and that he might only need a letter of endorsement to work past the expiration of his postgraduate work permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Letters of endorsement support \u201ca foreign national\u2019s job offer and their application for permanent residence under a specific immigration program,\u201d said the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal got several jobs in Grande Prairie, believing his employers would help him obtain the proper documentation, said the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When those fell through, Sibbal only had six months left on his postgraduate work permit, which was set to expire in August 2024, said the decision. \u201cHe became anxious about his path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal called several immigration lawyers in Edmonton, one of whom pointed him to Nathyal in Grande Prairie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two met in early 2024 and Nathyal offered to help Sibbal obtain a letter of endorsement so he could stay in Canada, said the decision. The price: $35,000. \u201cSibbal offered Nathyal $15,000 in advance with the remainder to be paid in instalments over the next few months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal testified that he had \u201cno choice\u201d but to agree to the offer as his work permit \u201cwas soon to expire and it was his father\u2019s dream for him to obtain permanent residency in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathyal told Sibbal he was going to get him a letter of endorsement from \u201cthe relevant authorities at the City of Grande Prairie,\u201d said the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAccording to Sibbal, Nathyal was to obtain the letter of endorsement by telling the authorities that he was going to employ Sibbal. This was not the truth. Nathyal was never going to be Sibbal\u2019s employer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal testified that he didn\u2019t get anything in writing about their contract. \u201cHe explained that Nathyal would not allow anything in writing as both of them knew that the contract they were entering into was \u2018illegal.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal paid Nathyal $15,000 in cash in February 2024, said the decision, which notes Nathyal refused to provide a receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal \u201cheard nothing\u201d from Nathyal for several months, despite repeated attempts to reach him. After he managed to get through, Nathyal told him to \u201cwait for a few more weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathyal called Sibbal at the end of July 2024, saying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NATHYAL WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYTHING IN WRITING.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grande Prairie had refused the letter of endorsement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he met with Nathyal in August 2024, \u201cNathyal advised that he proceed with a \u2018fake refugee case,\u2019 \u201d said the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal \u201cconsulted with his parents who wisely advised him not to go down this path,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called Nathyal to say he wouldn\u2019t pursue a refugee claim, then asked him for help obtaining a labour market impact assessment. That\u2019s a \u201cdocument that a Canadian employer may need to get before hiring a foreign worker,\u201d according to the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Nathyal told him that would cost an extra $35,000 to $40,000, \u201cSibbal indicated that this was \u2018outside of (his) budget for now,\u2019 \u201d said the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he asked about getting his $15,000 back, Nathyal told him to give him a month and a half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the following two weeks Sibbal followed up with Nathyal on multiple occasions,\u201d said the decision. \u201cNathyal would respond periodically but never returned the money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time Sibbal heard from Nathyal was on Sept. 12, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNathyal texted Sibbal stating that he did not receive the payment he had purportedly been waiting on,\u201d said the decision, which notes Sibbal told the court he was returning to India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judge found \u201cthat the contract between Sibbal and Nathyal was breached,\u201d but she refused to enforce it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two men \u201cwere equally at fault in these circumstances,\u201d Stushnoff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough Sibbal framed his pleadings and testimony in a way that cast a sympathetic light upon him, I find that Sibbal was a willing buyer and Nathyal was a willing seller.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbal \u201cdid not come before this court with \u2018clean hands,\u2019 and I exercise my discretion and refuse to grant the equitable relief he has sought,\u201d said the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court \u201chas a responsibility to preserve the integrity of the legal system, and this involves ensuring that claims seeking to enforce illegal contracts or unjust enrichment claims based on illegal contracts do not result in an inconsistency in the law,\u201d the judge said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSubmitting fake job offers or employment contracts, providing advice to do so, and charging fees beyond those expressly permitted by the legislation are all illegal under Canada\u2019s immigration legislation and undermine the integrity of the Canadian immigration system. The monetization of Canada\u2019s immigration system is against Canada\u2019s public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grande Prairie paused its Rural Renewal Stream Immigration program this past February, citing \u201cfederal and provincial immigration policy changes that have lowered immigration allocation spaces throughout the province.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAN WHO PAID TO ILLEGALLY EXTEND WORK PERMIT NOT ENTITLED TO MONEY BACK, COURT RULES TWO MEN CALLED \u2018EQUALLY AT FAULT\u2019 BY JUDGE [This is a sordid story of the widespread scamming, especially on the part of East Indians of the student visas, the temporary\u00a0foreign workers programme and Canada&#8217;s porous &#8220;refugee&#8221; system. 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