Ontario’s private providers grapple with international study permits allocation
"We will not take this lying down" - that was the message from Ontario's private language schools regarding the province's study permit allocation announcement.
"We will not take this lying down" - that was the message from Ontario's private language schools regarding the province's study permit allocation announcement.
With close to 12,000 Mexican students studying English or French in Canada in 2022, the reinstatement of a visa requirement for many Mexican nationals has some in the language education sector concerned.
Minister Miller has rejected a proposal for language students to be exempt from Canada's study visa cap, saying that further controls on secondary school students might also be necessary.
The head of the organisation representing language schools in Canada has called the decision to include some of their students in the international student cap “unconscionable”.
Languages Canada welcomed a group of 36 agents from Italy and Spain as part of the largest delegation to ever visit the country, it has been revealed.
Language providers across Canada are concerned that visa issues, along with accommodation shortages, meant they did not recover as they would have liked from declines in business during Covid-19.
Canadian intled bodies are urging prospective students to move forward with study plans despite a strike by civil servants that may delay visa processing.
Languages Canada is confident that the country will revise its study and work rights policy to benefit language students financially and pedagogically.