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Mexico might be a great place to visit as a tourist, but a Windsor man said he would sure prefer to get back home soon.

It’s been five weeks of long walks in the sun for Mark and Marina Sarty and their dog — and lots of waiting. Marina, a Ukrainian national whom Mark married in that country two years ago, has not yet been approved for entry into Canada, so the couple is stuck abroad.

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Fleeing Marina’s home city in Ukraine amidst martial law and fears of insecurity, the quickest and easiest visitor’s visa for the two was offered by Mexico, and that’s what brought them to their rented apartment in Puerto Penasco.

When Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko suspended his nation’s ordinary laws on Nov. 26, Sarty said it was time for him and his wife to leave. Martial law was imposed across nearly half of the country the day after the Russian military fired at and then seized three Ukrainian navy ships and their crews. Tensions were high and there was “talk regarding an imminent invasion — it was a little scary,” said Sarty.https://windsorstar.com/pmn/business-pmn/how-investigators-cracked-an-alleged-business-immigration-scam-on-p-e-i/wcm/ef551007-fa66-42fd-8cf6-835ef50337b8