Indians have made up Canada’s largest group of international students in recent years, mainly from Punjab, holding more than 41% of student permits in 2022
People walk past banners inviting students to study in Canada and other places abroad at a market in Amritsar, in the northern India n state of Punjab , on Oct. 15. India ns in Punjab , worried that plans to work, study or visit families in Canada will be jeopardised by this week’s tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats over the murder of a Sikh separatist, are urging both governments to reduce the tension.
“Many clients have reached out, worried about how this might affect their plans to migrate to Canada,” said an immigration lawyer, Karan S. Thukral, who is based in the Indian capital, though adding he had seen no big drop yet in legal inquiries.Indians have made up Canada’s largest group of international students in recent years, mainly from Punjab, holding more than 41 per cent of student permits in 2022. International students bring in about C$22-billion for its universities each year.
Canadian study permits for Indians fell sharply late last year and the diplomatic tension was likely to weigh on future numbers, Immigration Minister Marc Miller told Reuters in January.
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