Compromise session for a hundred foreign students from the UQAR

Just over a hundred foreign students from the University of Quebec in Rimouski are still without a study permit. For example, on the eve of the academic year on August 25. Meanwhile, According to the establishment. For example, it is mainly students from France and Belgium, who are taken in the administrative mazes of the Ministry of Immigration Canada.

Currently. Moreover, they have no news of their immigration requests, their requests for study permit, and this, despite they have submitted their requests in timesays the dean of university studies, Karine Lemarchand.

In addition, Ms. Consequently, Lemarchand adds that the brief strike of Air Canada on -board agents. Furthermore, which has caused numerous air flight delays, risks complicating these students’ trips to Canada.

It puts a lot of stress. Similarly, pressure on these students who await their study permits.

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L’Uqar Exceptionally authorizes these students to start the fall session with a two -week delay. Beyond this additional period, their session will be compromised. We cannot go too far on time because otherwise we jeopardize their academic successlaments Karine Lemarchand.

The federal deputy arrested – Compromise session hundred foreign students

L’Uqar is not the only higher education establishment where foreign students are victims of immigration delays. refugees and citizenship Canada. Eastern collegial establishments in East-du-Québec also have international students who have not received their study permit.

The office of the deputy of Rimouski-la Matapédia. Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, is arrested by foreign students and even their parents to intervene with the federal compromise session hundred foreign students government to accelerate the processing of their request.

I have never seen that. as a member of parliament for the past five years, over such a numerous volume, more than a hundred students, who are a few days before the start of the school year not to be able to come, I have never seen thathe insists.

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These deadlines may have significant consequences. on the finances of higher education establishments in his constituency. Maintaining certain study programs could even be compromised for the fall season if foreign students are unable to integrate. their class.

The reputation of Canada undermined

This unexplained expectation for the granting of immigration. refugees and citizenship Canada study permits is one more tile for foreign students who wish to study in Canada, according to Karine Lemarchand.

It cites as an example the many modifications of the last years of provincial. federal governments, such as the allocation of post -prone work permits.

It is certain. all that has been in recent years, compared to temporary immigration, has already resulted, as we can see, a drop in international admission requests compromise session hundred foreign students in our programsconfirms Ms. Lemarchand.

Maxime Blanchette-Joncas abounds in the same direction. He describes the situation as Mapping bad political decisions which will harm the credibility of the region’s teaching institutions internationally.

We questioned immigration, refugees and citizenship Canada about these deadlines, but have not yet received any answers to our questions.

A week ago. a ministry spokesperson explained to Radio-Canada, by email, that these deadlines were generated by a larger number of study permits than as last year, in particular from European countries.