Canada Study permits to students from
India 86% drop due to Dispute

Los Angeles, Jan 17, 2024
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86% drop in study permits issued to Indians in the fourth quarter of last year from the previous quarter, to 14,910 from 108,940, according to the Canadian Immigration Dept.

Diplomatic tensions erupted after Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in June said there was evidence connecting Indian government agents to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller told media today:

• The government would introduce other measures to lower the volume of international students during the first half of this year, including a possible cap.
• Our relationship with India has really halved our ability to process a lot of applications from India
• Indians have formed the largest group of international students in Canada in recent years, with more than 41 per cent - or 225,835 - of all permits going to them in 2022.

The counselor for the High Commission of India in Ottawa, C. Gurusubramanian said: some Indian international students were looking at other options besides Canada due to "concerns, in the recent past, regarding lack of residential and adequate teaching facilities" at some Canadian institutions.