Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, thank you so much for inviting us and for giving us this opportunity. This is a very rare opportunity that nobody else gets, and we got this chance. We just want to say one thing. We are capable. We are capable of obtaining the original offer letter, so why would we need the fake offer letter?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, you're right. We have to understand what our biggest loss is in this process. Our biggest loss is not the money. Our biggest loss is our precious time. That time, and the mental harassment we are facing right now.... We are feeling helpless. That mental harassment and the precious time we lost cannot be compensated for.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The first question is how they work. The connection between the unscrupulous agents back home and the colleges here is very well explained in the CBC documentary on The Fifth Estate. Even in that documentary, they mentioned a few names, too. That's my answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My recommendation...? I'm sorry. I don't understand.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I did mechanical engineering back home, and I got seven bands in IELTS, so that is enough to gain admission to pretty much any college here in Canada. I graduated here in supply chain management, and if I had the chance, I could get a very good job in any field here in Canada. I could make my life better, and I could make this country better.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To be very honest, this is a very good question. Yes, we trust the task force, and we trust the government. We hope that whatever recommendations we give here in this committee will be considered.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's different in every case, but I've paid from my account.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a bank transfer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was before. I was back home.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If this could happen, it would be great.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, you're right. As you said earlier, if a person is good enough to study and work here, they should stay here.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. You're absolutely right. My friend talked earlier about a documentary on CBC's The Fifth Estate. It explains the real connection between the consultants back home and the colleges here. I think, to be very honest, from the limited knowledge I have, it's a matter of investigation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, 100%, because we have already suffered a lot from the last two to three years. Many of the students may have to spend two to three more years. Our recommendation and our suggestion is that we be given an alternative pathway to permanent residency, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If they treated us as victims and, in the investigation, took whatever recommendations we provided to the investigation team so they could find the genuine and the not genuine.... If the student got a clean sheet from the investigation, then 100%, a permanent pathway would be appreciated.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With regard to racism, to be very honest, I personally don't feel it whenever I meet IRCC officers and the CBSA. It's not there.