Canada Tightens Rules On Temporary Workers And Foreign Students | September 2024

Canada New Rules On Temporary Workers And Foreign Students Are Part Of The Broader Immigration Reforms For The Country. New Measures Has Been Introduced By Canada To Control Immigration.

Canada has announced a new student cap and new rules on temporary workers. These new changes are the desires of the government to reduce the level of immigration in the country. This is to reduce the pressure in job searching and housing. Canada new rules on temporary workers and foreign students, more details below.

As released by the IRCC and foreseen by the Immigration Minister, Mac Miller, Canada is reducing the number of study permit for international students. The Canadian government plans to issue only 437,000 study permit to international students in 2025. In 2023, the Canadian government issued 509,390 study permits. There will be more than a 100,000 reduction in study permits next year.

This important changes are among the wider effort to limit the number of temporary residents in the country. This new rules will, again, reduce the number of international students in the country. International students in the process of applying for a study permit will be affected by these new changes.

Canada has targeted to reduce the pressure on housing, hence, reducing the number of study permit for international students. There has been a rise in housing demand in major cities like Vancouver and Toronto. These major cities have the best universities and colleges and receives numerous international students every year. The high demand in housing has led to the increased cost of living and rental prices.  These new measures will help release the stress and reduce the high cost of living in these major cities.

Additionally, the Canadian government plans to add a stricter eligibility for work permits for the spouses of foreign students and temporary international workers. Before these new changes, spouses of international students had easy work permit approval. As of now, the government is reviewing and planning to reducing the provision of these work permits. Work permit will be approved for those that meets the tighter criteria. Reducing the number of work permits approved for these spouses will reduce the total number of individuals in the labour market and also provide employment opportunities for Canadian citizens.

Moreover, the Canadian government aims to strengthen the integrity of the visa by reducing the number of ‘refugee claims’. New tools are being assembled to immigration officers to reduce potential frauds. They also plan on reducing the number of visitors in the nation through these tools. The sole goal is to decrease the number of illegitimate visitors and temporary workers from entering the nation. This will also decrease or eradicate the abuse of the Canadian immigration system.

Again, the government aims to improve their visa application procedures and this is to sort those who truly are in need of the visa from the rest. This will decrease the number of fraudulent applications and have the confidence of the public grow in the nation’s immigration system.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller said in a statement that, not everyone will have the opportunity to come to Canada, “The reality is that not everyone who wants to come to Canada will be able to—just like not everyone who wants to stay in Canada will be able to,” Immigration Minister Marc Miller.

The total population of temporary residents in the nation was 6.8% in April 2024, and the government plans to reduce to 5%. Also, the United Nations in a report tagged the Canadian temporary foreign worker program as “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery”.