Canada, also known as the land of opportunities has placed restrictions on international students.
For 2024, a single applicant will need to show they have $20,635, representing 75% of LICO, in addition to their first year of tuition and travel costs. This change will apply to new study permit applications. The waiver on the 20-hours -per week limit on the number of hours international students is allowed to work will be extended to 30hours per week.
Ottawa, BC, Nova scotia have decided to cap the number of international students they admit per year. A temporary 2years cap on new international students permit. The cap is expected to result in approximately 364,000 approved study permits, a decrease of 35percent. In the spirit of fairness, they are allocating the cap space by province, based on population such as that some provinces like Ontario, BC, Nova scotia will see more reductions.
Open work permit will only be available to spouses of international students in master’s and doctoral programs.
A Canadian province (British Columbia) has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next 2 years.
Federal immigration minister, Marc Miller announced recently in a statement. According to Miller, the measure aims to decrease new student visa issuance by 35percent for the current year as the province addresses “exploitative practices” within the system. Private colleges especially in Columbia will no longer be allowed to admit any international students for any degree requiring license. Private colleges especially in British Columbia will no longer have a post graduate work permit after graduation.
All students need an Attestation letter to apply for a study permit. As of January 22,2024, most students must include an attestation letter from the province or Territory where they plan to study with their study permit application. If application is put in without an attestation letter, such application will be denied unless the applicant is a minor in primary or secondary school up to grade 12, or a student in masters, PhD or other post graduate program and lastly a student applying to extend his /her study permit.
Province like Ontario and British Columbia Won’t be taking plenty international students in 2024, However,Canada plans to welcome 485,000 permanent residences in 2024.