A Dalhousie University graduate student faced an unexpected crisis when Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (İRCC) rejected her study permit extension due to what officials later admitted was a clerical mistake. Chihiro Kondo, 25, was forced to halt her master's degree studies and lose her position as a teaching assistant after IRCC claimed a required provincial attestation letter was missing from her application. The error not only disrupted Kondo's academic progress but also affected her supervisor's federally funded research projects. After intervention from her professor, local politicians, and media attention, IRCC acknowledged the document had been on file all along and approved her permit. The case highlights ongoing concerns about processing errors within Canada's immigration system.