September 11, 2015
Bruno Rufa
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Rufa's residency woes drag on
DESPITE his recent Court of Appeal win, Canadian homeowner Bruno Rufa’s immigration troubles have not let up, according to legal counsel.Mr Rufa and Sandra Georgio are petitioning the government for a determination on their annual home owner’s reside
Hearing adjourned as Rufa continues to be denied entry to country
THE attorney for Bruno Rufa on Thursday made a request for his criminal trial to be dismissed in the Magistrate’s Court because of the continued refusal by government to allow his client entry to The Bahamas for his trial in Grand Bahama.
Seven-day deadline for Rufa ‘unreasonable’
THE SUPREME Court has ordered the Immigration Board to reconsider the “unreasonable” seven-day deadline it gave Canadian Bruno Rufa to wind up his affairs in the country.
Error blamed for Rufa being granted 150-day landing period
ASSISTANT Director of Immigration Hubert Ferguson said that the 150-day landing period granted by an immigration officer to Canadian citizen Bruno Rufa on his entry to The Bahamas in November was due to “internal miscommunication and unfamiliarity” with the process.
Legal fight ahead as Rufa ‘told to leave country in 7 days’
ATTORNEY Fred Smith is preparing for more rounds of court battles over the rights of Bruno Rufa after the Canadian was reportedly told yesterday by immigration officers that he must leave the country within seven days.
Court rules Rufa was deported unlawfully
SUPREME Court Justice Petra Hanna Weekes has ruled that Canadian Bruno Rufa was unlawfully deported from The Bahamas and that his second arrest and detention by immigration officers in Freeport were in violation of the law.
Rufa awaits resident card pending court case outcome
THE Department of Immigration has not approved Canadian Bruno Rufa’s application for an annual homeowner’s resident card, pending the outcome of his trial in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on charges of illegally working in the Bahamas.
Rufa returns to face criminal trial
CANADIAN resident Bruno Rufa was back in Freeport’s Magistrate’s Court yesterday for the continuation of his criminal trial concerning allegations that he was gainfully employed in The Bahamas without a work permit.
Bruno Rufa 'embarrassed' in rushed deportation by immigration officials, court hears
CANADIAN resident Bruno Rufa claims that immigration officials caused him embarrassment when they “paraded” him before a crowd of onlookers at the Coral Beach Condominium after being arrested at his residence on January 30. The claim emerged in an affidavit by Mr Rufa in judicial review proceedings in the Supreme Court on Monday.
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