Ashok Kumar Biswas was working as a geriatric public health specialist in 2017 when he met a Canadian immigration official who encouraged him to apply to come to Canada.

The official said Canada needed doctors and the Indian physician had the kind of qualifications they were looking for , including two post-graduate specialist medical degrees, in geriatrics and public health, a decade of global experience and excellent English skills. His application, he was told, would be expedited as a skilled worker.

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