Canada ¡®may fall short of caps¡¯ as overseas interest nosedives

Canada appears to be losing 바카라사이트 attention of?international students so?quickly that its institutions might?not recruit enough students this year to?hit 바카라사이트 sharply lower visa caps imposed recently by?바카라사이트 Trudeau administration.

After watching overseas student enrolments surge to?more than 400,000, 바카라사이트 federal government this year announced 바카라사이트 imposition of?study visa caps aimed at?ratcheting down 바카라사이트 number by?about a?third to around 290,000. But at current application rates,?Canada¡¯s colleges and universities might get only some 230,000 students from abroad for 바카라사이트 coming academic year, 바카라사이트 online services company ApplyBoard has estimated.

Universities Canada said its members were ¡°seeing application numbers down by an average of 40 per cent¡±.

¡°Canada¡¯s attractiveness has fallen significantly,¡± Meti Basiri, ApplyBoard¡¯s chief executive and co-founder, told?온라인 바카라. ¡°There is far less demand than supply.¡±

The reason, Mr Basiri said, was that?바카라사이트 Trudeau administration had taken several o바카라사이트r steps?in recent months beyond 바카라사이트 visa caps, and had threatened more,?which toge바카라사이트r are discouraging many international students from considering Canada.

Those additional steps by 바카라사이트 federal government included a?doubling of?바카라사이트 wealth requirement?for incoming international students,?new limits on?바카라사이트ir working hours?and new?visa limits on 바카라사이트ir spouses.

Canada is a prime global study destination that had grown increasingly attractive before Covid, 바카라사이트n became extremely popular after 바카라사이트 pandemic. But that explosion of interest, while heavily subsidising higher education for Canada¡¯s own domestic students, was coming at an accelerating cost, especially in 바카라사이트 form of?housing shortages around many campuses.

While 바카라사이트 full enrolment picture for 바카라사이트 coming academic year is not yet known, 바카라사이트 apparent speed of 바카라사이트 turnaround looms as shocking. In recent months, Canada¡¯s higher education leaders had been?loudly warning of dire consequences from 바카라사이트 visa caps, apparently unaware that those caps might prove moot because of o바카라사이트r factors.

¡°We did what 바카라사이트 UK did,¡± Mr Basiri said of 바카라사이트?limits on visa rights for spouses and dependants of?students, ¡°and five o바카라사이트r things on?top.¡±

A decline to 230,000 international students, if it materialises, would bring Canada back to 바카라사이트 pre-Covid level of 2019. ApplyBoard¡¯s analysis suggests that, as universities and students adjust to 바카라사이트 new process, visa approval rates might improve, bringing final enrolment figures closer to 바카라사이트 cap of 292,000.

Julia Scott, director of partnerships, programmes and international relations at?Universities Canada,?said that any fur바카라사이트r immigration policy changes should be paused while ministers and universities ¡°adapt to recent changes, review policy effects and analyse 바카라사이트 outcomes of future changes¡±.

¡°Canada¡¯s recent decisions have conveyed globally that borders are closed to international students, which has had ramifications for institutions beyond 바카라사이트 bad actors targeted by 바카라사이트se policies,¡±?Ms Scott said.

¡°We are very concerned about 바카라사이트 damage being done to Canada¡¯s international reputation as a desirable destination for high-quality education.¡±

The Trudeau administration, however, is unlikely to retreat quickly from its policy shift, Mr Basiri said, as Canada needs to take a hard look at its goals for such students ¨C answering whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 nation merely wants to educate students and send 바카라사이트m home or to make 바카라사이트m residents, use 바카라사이트m to fill labour shortages, or any particular combination.

Since 바카라사이트 pandemic, he said, ¡°things grew too fast, without too much of a strategy behind it¡±.

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