Canada has announced a reduction in the study permit admission limit for international students by 2025, a move that will adversely affect Indian students aspiring to study there.
With this reduction, Canada has cut its study permit target by 10%, from a goal of 485,000 by 2024 to 437,000 by 2025. In 2023, the number of study permits issued to international students peaked at 500,000.
The 2026 study permit admissions cap will be consistent with the 2025 cap, and the 2025-2026 study permit quota will include both master’s and doctoral students, who are now required to submit a provincial or territorial certification letter.
The reduction will significantly affect Indian students, who account for nearly 40% of all international students in CanadaAccording to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), between 2013 and 2023, the number of Indians immigrating to Canada increased from 32,828 to 139,715, an increase of 326%.
The registration of Indians in Canadian Universities It has also increased by more than 5,800% over the last two decades, from 2,181 in 2000 to 1,28,928 in 2021.
There are around 13.35 lakh Indian students studying abroad, of which about 427,000 are studying in Canada, recent data released by the Indian government shows.
In a post on X, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau The Canadian government is issuing 35% fewer permits for international students this year and next year, “that number will be reduced by another 10%.”
“Immigration is a boon to our economy, but when bad actors abuse the system and take advantage of students, we crack down,” he wrote, adding that stricter regulations for foreign workers will be implemented.
“We are reducing the number of temporary foreign workers who are paid low wages and shortening the duration of their work contracts. We adjusted the program after the pandemic, but the labour market has changed. We need companies to invest in Canadian workers,” Trudeau added.
It is worth noting that international education accounts for more than $22 billion in annual economic activity in Canada, a figure greater than its exports of auto parts, lumber or aircraft, and supports more than 200,000 jobs in Canada.
The decline in the number of international students in 2020 resulted in a loss of more than $7 billion in Canada’s gross domestic product for the same year.
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