There is great concern and fear in Canada due to the huge increase in the number of foreign students, which has raised the concerns of many about the extent of the readiness of Canadian colleges and universities to host these numbers that continue to rise every year.
Despite the efforts made by Canadian Immigration Minister Mark Miller to ensure that their work and money are not exploited, this matter has made the government take many fateful decisions that are scheduled to take effect this month for foreign students in Canada.
International students in Canada pay 5 times the tuition fees
According to what was revealed by Statistics Canada, foreign students in Canada pay 5 times the tuition fees that Canadian citizens pay to obtain a university degree.
This was an attractive matter for many institutions and has become increasingly important for the Canadian government, which aims to attract 1.45 million immigrants during the period between 2023 and 2025.
Increasing the savings limit for foreign students to study in Canada
It is worth noting that the Canadian government decided to increase the savings limit for foreign students to obtain study permits in Canada to 20,600 Canadian dollars.
It is scheduled to continue until next April, when international students were allowed to work 20 hours per week, but this decision was reversed earlier.
Providing adequate support to students
It is noteworthy that the Canadian government headed by Miller is preparing to significantly limit visas, to ensure that educational institutions in Canada provide adequate support to students, especially after some institutions were accused of depriving foreign students of a positive academic experience due to the talents of hardships and avatars.
It is worth noting that the number of international students in Canada has increased significantly over the past three years by 60%, in addition to the completion of more than one million new and extension study permits in 2023.
The previous number is considered a record, as it increased from 835,000 in 2022 compared to 2021, when about 560,000 thousand study permit applications were completed.
