18 Sep

Canada: Study permit rejection rates on the rise

Short on time? Here are the highlights:
  • Nearly four in ten applicants for Canadian study permits (39%) have been rejected in the first five months of this year
  • This compares to an overall rejection rate of roughly 28% in 2014
  • Visa officers may deny a study permit application if there are any issues with the student’s medical exam or finances or if they conclude the student does not have a legitimate study plan for Canada
 
New data released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) charts a distinct increase in rejection rates for international students applying for a study permit (i.e., a study visa) for Canada.
 
From 2014 through 2018, total foreign enrollment in Canada grew by just over 73%, making the country the world’s fastest-growing study destination over those five years.
 
IRCC data supplied to Polestar Student Immigration News for year-to-date May 2019 shows that nearly four in ten applications for study permits (39%) were rejected in the first five months of this year. As the following chart reflects, this compares to a 28% rejection rate in 2014, and a 34% refusal rate in 2018.
 
As we also see in the chart, rejection rates vary by education sector, with refusal rates for those accepted to college programmes historically tracking above applicants for other sectors.
 
This picture changed somewhat in 2018, however, with rejections for bachelor degree studies exceeding those for college applicants that year. As we see in the chart below, more than half of all applicants for undergraduate studies were refused in the first five months of 2019. This compares to a 31% refusal rate for Master’s studies, or 43% for college applicants.
 
A statement on the IRCC website explains that applications for study permits may be refuse if the student does not:
 
  • “show proof that you have enough money to support yourself while studying in Canada
  • pass your medical exam, if you needed to get one
  • convince the visa officer that your main purpose in Canada is to study or
  • convince the visa officer that you’ll leave Canada at the end of your study period”
  • Speaking recently to AdvocateDaily.com, Toronto-based immigration lawyer Andrew Carvajal expanded on the third point above. He explains that an immigration officer may simply conclude that the applicant does not have a legitimate study plan for Canada, and may be using the study permit route as a way to quickly and legally enter the country.
 
“I’ve found more immigration officers are making that determination,” says Mr Carvajal. “Although an applicant has been accepted to a legitimate program in Canada, officials don’t see those studies as legitimate. Officers have become like career counsellors, whether a programme makes sense or not. That we have seen increase.”
 
Source: ICEF
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