Update: Introducing the Canada Student Visa Rules Changes 2024

Canada introduced significant changes to its student visa rules, aiming to streamline the application process, enhance opportunities for international students, and maintain the country’s position as a top destination for education.

These alterations reflect Canada’s commitment to attracting talented individuals from around the globe while ensuring the integrity of its immigration system.

Given the above, are you an aspiring student looking to head over to Canada for your education in 2024, you probably are in Canada looking to be an advisory conduit to friends and family back home looking to join given education.

If this feels like you, this guide will furnish you with the latest updates on the following;

• Canada student Visa Rules changes in 2024
• Post-graduation work permit, changes, and eligibility
• Recent update on “Open Work Permit.”
• System integrity, addressing challenges, etc
• Statics and requisite measures

On the Visa rules category, there will be a;

• Reduction in study permits: The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada otherwise referred to as the IRCC moving forward has set a temporary cap on the number of study Visas to be issued to immigrants. According to the report, they’ll allow about 360,000 students entrance to study in Canada.
• Limits for each province: Moving forward, each province in Canada will be assigned a specific number of international students they can accept, such limit will be dependent on the population of residents in that area, this is to monitor how the number of international students is growing in Canada, especially in areas where they are densely accommodated.
• Exceptions: This is not meant to cut across all students, this limit does not affect students under the master’s or doctorate. If you already have a study permit or are renewing one, you are expressly exempted from the new limits.
• Letter as an additional document: Starting January 22, 2024, students looking to apply for study permits are required to a special letter to their application. Be sure to acquire the letter from the province you plan to study, further details on how to acquire this letter will be made public on March 31, 2024.

Adjustments to Post-graduation work permit eligibility

• Certain programs have been excluded: According to a notice, from September 2024, international students enrolled under the study program in curriculum licensing arrangements will no longer be eligible for a Post-Graduation Work Permit.
• However, international graduates from Master’s programs are allowed to apply for a three-year work permit, where the current policy ties the PGWP duration to the length of the study program.

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Adjustment on eligibility

• Restrictions to spouses of Masters and Doctoral students: The IRCC will look to provide more information about open work permits for spouses of international students in the coming weeks.
• Only spouses of students in the master’s and doctoral programs will be eligible for open work visas.

Conclusion

Recently, the number of international students in Canada has grown astronomically, there were more than 800,000 students in 2022, and this went up to more than 900,000 in 2023.

The Canadian government is worried that the rules of admission into provincial schools are not strict enough.

Given the influx of international students, living in Canada is more expensive now.

Previously, students needed to show they have $10,000, but they need to show $20,635 now, this is occasioned by the increase in the cost of living in Canada at this time.