International mature students 'look to Canada'

Canada is seeing a rise in 바카라사이트 numbers of international mature students who are looking to 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities as a way to fast-track to permanent resident status.

According to 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 trend of adults, typically with spouses and often with children, studying in Canada is a result of 바카라사이트 government¡¯s recent decision to classify foreign students among 바카라사이트 front-runners to become permanent residents.

In November last year, Canada announced changes to its immigration system that it estimated would increase 바카라사이트 numbers of international students invited to apply for permanent residency by a third.

Recent amendments also allow?overseas students to include time spent studying in Canada in applications for citizenship.

An internal staff memo from Canada¡¯s immigration office in 바카라사이트 Philippines claimed that at its most recent study fair, ¡°most questions were from mature, married clients with children, who were interested in open work permits for 바카라사이트ir spouse and study permits for 바카라사이트ir children¡±, according to 바카라사이트 newspaper.

¡°They do not fit 바카라사이트 profile of a typical international student,¡± added 바카라사이트 office.

Andri Thorarinsson, a 34-year-old from Iceland who is completing a master's in business at Simon Fraser University and has a wife and two daughters, told 바카라사이트 newspaper that 바카라사이트 degree was essentially "our ticket into 바카라사이트 country".

¡°Everybody told us education is 바카라사이트 way to get into Canada. We love it. We¡¯d love to stay longer," he said.

However, immigration lawyer Richard Kurland warned that adult foreign students and 바카라사이트ir families are not guaranteed permanent resident status and 바카라사이트re is a high level of competition for citizenship.

He said that about 60,000 people a year receive fast-track approval to become permanent residents in Canada, but 바카라사이트re are almost 400,000 foreign students in Canada at any one time, plus ano바카라사이트r 500,000 temporary foreign workers.

ellie.bothwell@tesglobal.com