Proposed two-tier system would expedite process for foreign students with places at established institutions.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller is looking into fast-tracking study permits for foreign students applying to attend “trusted” universities and colleges that carry out conscientious checks on applicants and offer support to students after they arrive in Canada.
Universities hope the initiative will address backlogs in the processing of study permits by removing the need for the IRCC to double check verifications that have already been carried out by admissions departments. “As part of a multipronged approach to upholding the program’s integrity, IRCC monitors and analyzes a variety of indicators to identify potential fraudulent individual and/or institutional actors.”
Everett Dorma, spokesman for the University of Regina, which has more than 4,000 international students from approximately 100 countries, said affordable housing is particularly important to students from abroad and that his school’s halls of residence offer enough space for new arrivals.
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