Nafraz Nazeer, who comes from Sri Lanka, employs seven people and has no criminal record, says Keski-Uusimaa.
The selection of Dell’Amore, which serves Italian food, includes pizzas and pastas. Illustration picture. Anniina Nikander
Restaurant entrepreneur from Sri Lanka who runs the successful Dell’Amore restaurant in Tuusula Nafraz Nazeer will be deported from Finland, says Central Uusimaa.
According to the notice received from the Immigration Office, he must leave the country on December 4.
Nazeer, who lived in Finland for a year, employs seven people. He has no criminal record and has paid his taxes, says Keski-Uusimaa.
– I am in shock, Nazeer tells the magazine with tears in his eyes.
He had applied for an entrepreneur’s residence permit in February, but received a negative decision in November. In the justification of the decision, it is stated that Nazeer’s home country, Sri Lanka, is not a visa-free country, and the applicant has arrived in Finland with a visa issued by Germany.
Keski-Uusimaa says that Nazeer has invested tens of thousands of euros in his restaurant.
– I have openly founded a company, paid my taxes, hired staff and paid them salaries on time.
Nazeer has appealed the decision of the Finnish Immigration Service to the Helsinki Administrative Court.