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October 3, 2008
Canadian Oversight of Foreign Students Is Lax, Government Review Finds
An internal government review has concluded that Canada’s rules for foreign students are so lax as to be easily abused, according to The Vancouver Sun, which obtained a copy of the report.
The student-visa system, which the review notes has gotten increasingly flexible since 2002, does not require students to show up for class. The policy also makes it fairly easy for students to extend their length of study and allows them to work for up to two years in Canada after they graduate.
“While these changes have made the program more attractive to genuine students, it also has opened up the opportunity for nongenuine students to use the study permit as a means to secure work in Canada,” the report concludes. “It has also opened up an avenue for individuals who are seeking general entry into Canada for an extended period of time to do so under the guise of being a student.”
According to the review, 80 percent of students who apply for a visa to study in Canada are approved. The number of foreign students in Canada rose to 157,000 in 2006, up from 71,000 in 1997.
The review was prompted by an earlier audit, which found widespread student-visa fraud in British Columbia. —Beth McMurtrie
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Well isn’t this a perfect system? Get the students here, take their money, and who cares if they don’t bother turning up to classes? After all, if they fail, they’ll either have to return home or re-do the course (which means more money for the Canadian universities). Then there’s the spill over effects of rent and other spending while they live here. This is just a perfect system.
— Chris Oct 3, 06:30 PM #
The problem isn’t the universities. The problem is the several hundred English-as-Second-Language (ESL) schools.
Many of them are marginal operations and are happy to accept the fees without worrying why the “students” were trying to get into the country. Others are out-and-out “visa mills” and have no intention of delivering education programs. They exist for the sole purpose of helping people bypass the usual immigration processes.
Fundamentally, the problem is that governments in British Columbia and other provinces refuse to regulate the ESL schools despite the evidence students are being ripped off and the student visa system is being abused.
— Robert Clift Oct 3, 10:00 PM #