Filipiniana News - October 2016 Rhyme and Reason Temporary Residents and the Removal Process Legal temporary residents in Canada consist of those who have valid status as students, workers or visitors. Due to the ever changing state of Canada’s immigration laws and regulations, they are often the most negatively affected to the point of losing their status due to plain ignorance, misinformation or even carelessness. Those who may have lost their status are understandably fearful of being removed anytime soon and thrown on the next flight back to their home country. However, misconceptions about the removal process abound and are misleading even temporary residents who may still have valid status in Canada. For instance, there are those who are here as visitors, workers or students whose initial permits may have expired but whose extension applications are still pending, who fear that they may just be picked up by the authorities and detained since