Federal measures taken by the Canadian government to reduce pollution Foreign students This flow is going to have a much more dramatic impact than expected.
A report in The Globe and Mail, citing analysis by ApplyBoard, estimates that International Study Permit It will fall to almost half in 2024.
India has long been a major source of international students, but the number of students choosing to study in Canada has seen a sharp decline this year. “Study permit approvals from India have halved in the first half of this year,” the report said.
Federal measures taken by the Canadian government to reduce pollution Foreign students This flow is going to have a much more dramatic impact than expected.
A report in The Globe and Mail, citing analysis by ApplyBoard, estimates that International Study Permit It will fall to almost half in 2024.
India has long been a major source of international students, but the number of students choosing to study in Canada has seen a sharp decline this year. “Study permit approvals from India have halved in the first half of this year,” the report said.
Recently, Gabriel Miller, president of Canadian Universities He said he expected international enrolments at universities to drop by at least 45 per cent this autumn.
Universities Canada is a lobby group representing about 100 institutions.
ApplyBoard has forecast that study permit Approvals could fall to the “mid 200,000” by the end of 2024, levels last seen in 2018 and 2019.
In December last year, Canada’s Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced that foreign students would have to prove they have at least $20,000 to obtain permission to study in Canada, more than double the amount previously required.
Additionally, in January this year, the minister said that the number of foreign students in Canada “will not increase further” for the next two years.
On Monday, ApplyBoard CEO and co-founder Meti Basiri said the Canadian government’s announcement of higher financial requirements to study in Canada is discouraging some international students.
International student applications are postponed
The report said many international students are pausing or postponing applications to study in Canada or applying to other locations.
The report said Canada has moved to third place as a preferred study destination, with more students now choosing the United States, Germany and France.
– With inputs from agencies
