This is leading to work permits being issued with the names in the wrong order — last as first and first as last. Eritrean refugees to Canada are going without valid work permits — in some cases for months — because their passports don’t follow the Canadian format. Six weeks later, the work permit came back again — with a spelling error. To this date, roughly a year after they first applied, Abdulkeni does not have a valid work permit. While he waited for his work permit to be amended, he felt anxious and disappointed, he said.

Source: thestar January 28, 2018 00:33 UTC