According to the new news released by the Canadian immigration department, the Canadian immigration department will take several new measures for Canadian student visas and post-graduation work permits:
From December 1, 2023, colleges and universities in designated Xi institutions in Canada must directly confirm the admission letter of each student permit applicant with the Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Corporation (IRCC).
Beginning in the Fall 2024 semester, IRCC will adopt the Recognized Institution framework. Students who are admitted to one of these schools will be given limited processing when applying for a study permit.
In the coming months, IRCC will make adjustments to the Graduate Work Permit Program to meet the needs of the Canadian labor market.
What will be the impact of these initiatives?In the view of visa veterans, there are mainly the following aspects:
The first is that it may have a detrimental effect on study permit applicants who use one offer to apply for a visa and then go to another professional course (called skipping visa in the jargon). Canada has previously stipulated that applicants need to reapply for a study permit if they change schools and courses outside of Canada, which can be regarded as a blow and restriction on visa skipping. Now the addition of the article on filing an offer is tantamount to further tightening the visa requirements. Because the USCIS can know that the applicant has applied for more than one program at the same time, the visa officer may suspect that the applicant is really studying Xi motives, which may be detrimental to the visa approval rate or entry to Canada.
The second is that for those who are admitted to universities that are highly recognized by the Immigration Bureau, the visa application will be facilitated, the time will be accelerated, and the material requirements may also be relaxed.
The third is that the requirements for international students to apply for a post-graduation work permit may change, and the current relatively relaxed policy may be followed for graduates from industries in short supply, and some restrictions may be introduced for graduates of non-shortage majors, and the length of the work permit may be adjusted.
However, Canada is a relocation, and they are facing labor shortages in many industries. Therefore, there will be no change in the fact that Canada provides a more friendly immigration channel for international students.