IMMIGRATION ISSUE ICES BRAZILIAN GEE-GEES W-VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
Schwanke, married in Ottawa Dec. 5, 2008 to fellow Brazilian John Fernando, who works at an Ottawa computer company, has a Canadian work visa but not a student visa, so cannot attend the University of Ottawa or play Gee-Gees varsity sports.
"She can work, she can get a health card, but she can't study," said Gee-Gees head coach Lionel Woods, who found out Friday afternoon Schwanke, born and raised in Blumenau, a German city of 300,000 in the south of Brazil, is ineligible.
"It's now a minimum three-month process," said Woods. "So next September is our start date."
Source: Gee-Gees Athletics