Update: After sector pressure, the IRCC has since clarified its PGWP ‘grandfathering’ policy. In a webinar on November 29, the IRCC said that if a student has changed their program of study from what ...

Canada’s immigration system has entered a new update cycle, with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) releasing its latest processing times as of October 1, 2025. These changes affect ...

Ottawa says permit demand high for fall but processing times are within service standards. Less than one week before the fall semester starts, Western University graduate student Yixuan Peng still ...

Canada has increased the minimum financial requirement for international students applying for study permits, effective from September 1, 2025. The new threshold for a single applicant is CA $22,895, ...

March was the first month in 2024 that saw the total number of new study permits decrease year-on-year, with only 33,000 of them being processed compared to 70,000 in March 2023 – a drop of over 52%, ...

International students seeking to work in Canada after graduation face new challenges with the Post-Graduation Work Permit.

Permits for students from abroad to study in Canada plummeted in the first half of this year, with nearly 90,000 fewer issued than a year earlier. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada.) Permits for students ...

Canada has seen a 50% decline in Indian study permit approvals in 2025, with projections suggesting a 67.5% drop from 2023. The number of new student arrivals and total permit holders has also ...

Not only the US, even Canada is facing slumping numbers of international student arrivals this year. Here's where the figures ...