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Canada to deport 700 Indian students as visa documents found to be fake

The Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) has issued deportation notices to over 700 Indian students whose admission offer letters to educational institutions were found to be fake.Talking to indianarrative.com on phone from Toronto, Chaman Singh Batth said that after passing +2, about 700 students applied for study visa through Education Migration Services, Jalandhar headed by one Brijesh Mishra. These visa applications were filed in 2018 onwards till 2022.Click & check your eligibility for immigration Find outMishra charged each student between Rs 16 to Rs 20 lakh for all expenses including admission fees to a premier institute Humber college. Air tickets…

Canada to deport 700 Indian students as visa documents found to be fake

Chandigarh: The Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) has issued deportation notices to over 700 Indian students whose admission offer letters to educational institutions were found to be fake. Talking to indianarrative.com on phone from Toronto, Chaman Singh Batth said that after passing +2, about 700 students applied for study visa through Education Migration Services, Jalandhar headed by one Brijesh Mishra. These visa applications were filed in 2018 onwards till 2022. Mishra charged each student between Rs.16 to Rs. 20 lakhs for all expenses including admission fees to a premier institute Humber college. Air tickets and security deposits were not included…

Agents offer ‘big dreams and promises’ but provide a nightmare for many international students

Breadcrumb Trail Links News National Local News Some students frustrated by misleading claims by education agents abroad, along with the private training institutions in B.C. Some students frustrated by misleading claims by education agents abroad and the private training institutions in B.C. that create self-serving “internal policies” to block their demands for education standards, refunds or transcripts. Photo by FotoDuets /Getty Images/iStockphoto Article content Dupinder Singh moved to Canada in 2018 with dreams of obtaining a postgraduate diploma. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now…

Albanese to fast track Indian student’s visa applications

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make it easier for Indians on a student visa and a work and holiday visa to enter Australia, as the country strains under a worrying labour shortage.For the first time since coming into power, Mr Albanese visited India on Wednesday to meet with the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve partnerships between the two nations.Out of that meeting came confirmations of greater economic, defence and people-to-people ties, including the improved processing of student visa applications due to the sizeable Indian student community in Australia.“Prime Minister Albanese conveyed to Prime Minister Modi that his government…

Faith-based college ups security after group of international students attacked in downtown Winnipeg

A group of international students attacked last week has a college responding with security changes at its satellite campus in downtown Winnipeg.Four Providence College students from India between the ages of 19 and 23 were victims of an unprovoked assault March 1 near the corner of Fort Street and Graham Avenue. Two of them sustained minor injuries to the upper body, while a 20-year-old in the group was treated in hospital after being knocked unconscious and losing a tooth, police said.”My heart broke for him,” said Kent Anderson, president of Providence College. “You can imagine their families back in their home countries and the fear that…

Tech platform integrates ChatGPT for student visa applications

Toronto-headquartered Visto.ai is hoping to demystify the process and to create “coherent narratives that clear explain why they want to come to Canada and what they plan to pursue in school”. CEO and immigration lawyer, Josh Schachnow, is familiar with the country’s immigration process and attests to the complicated process through his experience directing clients. “Applying for a student visa is challenging for international students because there are so many different requirements that need to be completed,” Schachnow said. Prospective students who use the program can create study plans from scratch or use the AI tool, which can generate a draft “within…

Top Sources Of New Permanent Residents To Canada In 2022 Led By India And China

Immigration to Canada from Afghanistan spiked in 2022, but India and China retained their top spots as the most important sources of new permanent residents. India provided 118,095 new permanent residents to Canada last year, more than a quarter of the total 437,120 new permanent residents for 2022, reveals the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). But the number of new permanent residents to Canada from India was 7.7 per cent, or 9,845 people, less last year than the 127,940 Indians who made Canada their home in 2021.  Read More Canada Immigration News International Students In Canada:…

More international students than ever are using PGWPs as a springboard to Canadian permanent residency

Published on March 7th, 2023 at 07:00am EST Updated on March 7th, 2023 at 10:23am EST Many international students who graduate from eligible Canadian Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) utilize the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) Program to extend their stay in Canada in order to work and build a life in this country. Note: As defined by the Canadian government, a DLI is “a school approved by a provincial or territorial government to host international students.” In fact, in a review of PGWP holders by yearly graduation cohort, the total number of PGWP holders in Canada has risen every year. According…

‘A recipe for disaster’: The rules putting Sydney’s international students at risk

Stimson, however, is concerned that cutting international students’ working hours will reduce their ability to afford suitable housing in a city crushed by a rental crisis.“Right now students are in a financial position to perhaps be able to pay the increases because they can work beyond 40 hours per fortnight, but when that is removed and they’re dropping back down, does that mean that the accommodation no longer becomes affordable?”Advocates also argue many students will again be forced to work beyond the legal limit, which potentially exposes them to wage theft – where employers pay below minimum wage, often in…