Of the more than one million student permit holders, 526,015 live in Ontario, 202,565 live in British Columbia and 117,925 live in Quebec. Among students holding this visa, the proportion of students from India is higher
Toronto: International students currently holding study permits in Canada will cross the one million mark by 2023.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced in the press release called The Globe and Mail that there have been 1,028,850 people with education permits in the country since last December.
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This figure is above IRCC’s previous estimate of 949,000, and it was stated that the number will exceed one million by 2023.Of the more than 1 million students who have this visa within the scope of a work permit, 526,015 live in Ontario, 202,565 live in British Columbia and 117,925 live in Quebec.Among the students with this visa, there are many students from India. As of November 2023, they account for 215,190 of 579,075 licenses issued, or 37%, and as of 2022, they account for 225,835 of 548,785 licenses, or 41%.
Numbers have increased rapidly over the last five years; Indians who received study permits in 2018 received less than half the current number of 107,070.Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said in an interview last year that the process was “out of control” and described the new arrivals as “disorganized”.
Study permits for Indian students have been reduced due to cooperation between the two sides, he told Reuters on Tuesday. Study permits are issued to Indian students. Tensions rose after “dubious allegations” emerged linking Indian officials to the murder of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey on June 18.
India downplayed its October request for Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats, a move New Delhi said was aimed at “reconciliation”. This move, peaceful with India’s presence in Canada and Ottawa, was termed “Mass export”. Experts from India include many IRCC employees.
However, applications from India started to fall in the second half of 2023 as Canada’s housing crisis made it less attractive for young people. The number fell to 120,096 between July and November 2023, from 190,419 in the same period last year.
Canada started evaluating international students starting last year. On December 7, IRCC said that for a new work permit obtained on or after January 1 this year, the applicant must “prove possession of CAD 20,635 (approximately Rs 1.27 million) and CAD 10,000 (approximately Rs 1.27 million) announced. million). Rs 6.14 crore)”In October 2023, it announced that selective schools or DLIs must confirm the certification of all applicants from IRCC from December 2023.”Now is the time to discuss the volume and the impact it is having in some areas,” Miller said at the time. said.
