Canada’s latest steps are expected to adversely affect thousands of foreign students of India to curb the migration, including people of India. This will also affect people who apply for work and resident permits.
These new rules have come into effect from the beginning of February and canadian boundary officers provide powers of any powerful to the Canadian border officials to change the visa status of students, workers and migrants, at any time they do not need such action at any time. Should do.
Under new immigration and refugee protection rules, Canadian boundary personnel are now linked with powers to reject or reject temporary resident documents such as Electronic Travel Authority or ETA and temporary resident visas or TRVs.
This means that border officials can now cancel such documents, including work permits and student visas. However, there are some guidelines that need to be completed to reject permits and visas. This includes one who suggests that if an officer is not confident that the person leaves Canada at the end of his authorized stay, they can reject their entry even during their stay in Canada or cancel their permits. .
The discretionary powers to make such decisions are completely vested on the officer.
These new rules and regulations have scope of uncertainty, and potentially affect thousands of people, if hundreds of thousands of international students and workers – of which Indians are the largest group of foreign nationals in any category.
Canada is one of the most preferred destinations for Indian students, workers and legal migrants. Students alone, currently chasing their higher education in Canada, are responsible for more than 4.2 lakh Indian citizens according to government data.
Should a student, worker, or migrant be rejected, will be stopped at the port of entry and sent back to their country. If a permit is canceled, while such a person is already studying, working, or residing in Canada, they will be given a notice to leave the country by a specified date.
Apart from these categories, Canada also sees a huge influx of tourists from India – all of which also have temporary permits of different periods of living. In the first six months of 2024, Canada issued a travel visa to more than 3.6 lakh Indians. Even in 2023, Indians were responsible for 3.4 lakh tourists in the first six months of the year, according to data released by Canadian officials.
Those who will be affected will receive a notification through their IRCC account along with emails by immigration, refugees and citizenship Canada. There is no clarity about what will happen to the money invested by such individuals or already paid – this is to be a sudden cancellation of their education or loan, hostage or fare paid by workers.
Three months ago – in November 2024, Canada shut down the student direct section or SDS visa program – a favorite route for Indian students who were ready to guarantee funds to assure their education in the North American country. .
