International students in Canada face multiple barriers and are more vulnerable to exploitations, a new study has found.
According to a study, ‘From Student to Immigrant? Multi-step Pathways to Permanent Residence’, by the Conference Board of Canada, international students often have multiple temporary visas before transitioning to permanent residence. Study alone is rarely enough to make international students eligible for permanent residence.
Canada lacks a strategy to coordinate between granting study permits and selecting international students for immigration. As a result, international students face friction in the immigration system, the study has highlighted.
This friction could worsen because increases in international student enrolment outpace increases in planned levels of permanent immigration.
