Essential Notes
- For overseas students enrolled in schools and universities that do not keep track of their study permits, Canada intends to stop processing them.
- Colleges and universities would have to notify the Immigration Department of any new developments regarding student attendance and compliance with study visa criteria.
- In accordance with these rules, students who wish to change schools must apply for a new study permission before the new program’s start date.
The federal government of Canada has decided to cease processing study permits for institutions and colleges that do not keep track of the number of overseas students who are abusing their permission to live and study there.
Colleges and universities may report to the federal Immigration Department under the proposed regulations, regardless of whether a student is enrolled in classes and meeting all study permit requirements.
In order to assist overseas students in managing the rising cost of living, the Canadian government has implemented an initiative that has resulted in an increase of four work hours from the previous 20 to 24. In addition, even prior to the commencement of the new study program, students wishing to transfer institutions must apply for new study permission.
Canada Is Going to Implement Tighter International Student Enrollment Monitoring
All designated learning institutions (DLIs) in Canada will assist in tracking and reporting the enrolment status of its foreign students, since federal officials have found it difficult to keep an eye on students once they arrive.
Institutions that fail to meet the requirements risk having their ability to process new study permits halted for a maximum of 12 months. This guarantees genuine responsibility and involvement.
To avoid fraudulent admissions, colleges must additionally verify with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) the legitimacy of each student’s admission letter. Institutions must verify a student’s acceptance and registration within ten days in order to comply with IRCC random checks.
Institutions who don’t comply will consequently be made public and risk having their ability to admit international students suspended. Prior to applying for a study permit, students should confirm that their chosen university is compatible.
The estimated present value of these modifications over a ten-year period is $87 million, which includes costs for government enforcement, approved educational institutions, and study permit holders’ desired school transfers.
The highest number of Study Permit Holders since 2015 was registered in Canada last year, at almost one million.
Over a million people were granted study permits in Canada last year, a sharp rise from 352,305 in 2015. With over a million primary, secondary, and post-secondary study permit holders in that year alone—a 151 percent increase—it was listed as one of the years with the highest number of international students.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller declared in January of this year that Canada would impose a two-year cap on foreign student visas. “By operating under-resourced campuses, lacking support for students in high tuition fees, all while significantly increasing the intake of international students,” Miller claimed that private universities have “taken advantage of international students.”