After paying $32,000, Indian students in Canada denied post-graduation work permit
Thousands of Indian students in Canada are facing financial and academic uncertainty after being denied post-graduation work permits. While students blame a rule change regarding non-credit programs, immigration authorities maintain that no such policy shift has occurred.
Why it matters
This situation highlights the growing vulnerability of international students and the potential for administrative crises in the global education migration pipeline.
Thousands of students, mostly Indians, who attended the business management diploma program offered through Portage College and the Canadian Institute of Osteopathic Therapy in Calgary, are in limbo as they are not getting a post-graduation work permit from Canada.These graduates claimed that the Canadian Immigration changed a rule and made non-credit programs ineligible for this work permit. But they applied for a work permit before the change of rules. IRCC, meanwhile, said there has been no change to any rule. And some students from the same institution got a work permit.“My father spent his whole lifetime saving for me,” Jaspinder Kaur told CTV News. “After completing my two years of study, I thought I would be able to work and gain some Canadian experience.”Mukul Rana said students who received refusals are now struggling financially and mentally after losing the ability to work.
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