Migrant groups are pushing the federal government to reverse its cap on international study permits and tightening post-graduate work permit qualifications, claiming it will leave many students “in limbo.”
They claim the cap unfairly targets a very specific demographic of Canada’s migrant population, while allowing for an easier pathway for other migrants, including working professionals, towards permanent residency.
Tasnimah Ahmed has been attending Ontario College of Art & Design University in Toronto under an international study permit for two years. However, with more stringent rules introduced for obtaining a post-graduate work permit, she fears she’ll be sent back to Bangladesh after she graduates.
“I feel like it’s very unfair, because a lot of us having been studying for three to four years and now to hear they’re putting a cap on the work permit, …