Cooking is too difficult for Surjit Bhandal and she is so frail, she needs help to stand up.

The 83-year-old former Langford resident, whose , suffers from insomnia and her life has become full of fear and anxiety, family members say.

B次元官网网址淏efore she used to wake up at 5 a.m and pray to God, but now she stays in bed until 10 a.m.,B次元官网网址� said her nephew, Jasminder Bhandal.

The woman he has called his mother his whole life worries what might happen if she is forced to return to her native country.

B次元官网网址淛asminder is my son, I canB次元官网网址檛 live alone over in India. There is nowhere I can live. I canB次元官网网址檛 make my own food. I want to stay with my son,B次元官网网址� Surjit said via translation.

Jasminder, who by blood is SurjitB次元官网网址檚 nephew, hopes she will be able to stay in Canada B次元官网网址� the family has appealed the deportation ruling B次元官网网址� and continue to live with him and his family.

JasminderB次元官网网址檚 birth mother was disabled due to severe arthritis in her hands and feet. Surjit cared for he and his brother through their childhoods. Early on, JasminderB次元官网网址檚 father gave Surjit B次元官网网址� his sister B次元官网网址� permission to adopt the boy.

While the verbal adoption is considered legal in India, Jasminder said, it is not deemed official in Canada, which is the main reason Citizenship and Immigration Canada has ruled to deport her.

The family, now living in Saanich, has taken out private health insurance for Surjit and plans to cover all her expenses if she is allowed to stay.

Jasminder hopes the appeal is granted on compassionate grounds.

B次元官网网址淚 feel very bad about this, they made an error,B次元官网网址� he said of the ruling. B次元官网网址淲e donB次元官网网址檛 have anybody back in India to take care of her.B次元官网网址�

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