Canada IRCC Flags 10,000 Fake Student Acceptance Letters Amid Stricter Verification
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Canada IRCC Flags 10,000 Fake Student Acceptance Letters Amid Stricter Verification

Team Careers360Updated on 25 Nov 2024, 04:44 PM IST

According to the Globe and Mail, Canadian Daily, the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has flagged 10,000 fraudulent student acceptance letters this year. As per media reports, over 80% of these fake visas were linked with Students from India (mainly from Punjab and Gujarat). Not long after labelling nearly 1,813 student visa applications as "potentially fraudulent," the IRCC unveiled a new and more stringent verification process that started on December 1, 2023.

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  1. What ignited stricter verification measures?
  2. How did the government respond?
  3. How does it impact international students?
  4. What about the Quebec Institutions?
  5. Safeguarding International Students
Canada IRCC Flags 10,000 Fake Student Acceptance Letters Amid Stricter Verification
Canada IRCC Flags 10,000 Fake Student Acceptance Letters Amid Stricter Verification

It is amid the government of Canada's continuous fight against immigration that the top officials from the IRCC recently announced they had discovered about 10,000 fake student visa applications in 2024 alone. The report also says that, after greater scrutiny and a mandate verification process, they have found out that students who have applied to study in Canada have attached a fake acceptance letter with their application.

“The revelation followed implementing stricter measures with more than 500,000 documents reviewed, 10,000 of which were fraudulent," says Brownwyn May, the director general of IRCC. 80% of these applications were linked with the students of Punjab and Gujarat.

What ignited stricter verification measures?

The crackdown is the repercussion of an incident that took place in 2023 in India, wherein an unlicensed consultant issued students fake acceptance letters, resulting in deportation risks. Soon after the incident, the Canadian government came up with tighter measures to address such serious concerns. Therefore, it has now become mandatory for international students to get their acceptance letters verified by a Designated Learning Institution (DLI) through an online portal.

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Brownwyn May, the director-general of IRCC, informed a member of the Canadian parliament committee that 2% of the acceptance letters were fraudulent, while 1% of them were cancelled applications. The Democratic Party Immigration Critic, Jenny Kwan, described all these findings as 'very alarming’. He says, “It is important to protect the international students who’ve been defrauded.”

How did the government respond?

Canada has taken this matter very seriously and come up with stricter measures for Canadian visa applications. Following are the measures to safeguard international students and the integrity of the different educational programs of universities of Canada.

  • Implementing mandatory verification through an online portal: Since December 2023, it has become mandatory for international students to get their visa applications verified by Designated Learning Institutions (DLI) through an online portal.

  • Significant permit changes: Institutions transferring students must now obtain a new permit.

  • Mandatory reporting: Now, designated learning institutions have to report enrolment twice a year, and if they do not do this, they would be suspended from giving admission to students.

How does it impact international students?

As per the IRCC, now a student who wishes to transfer institutions must obtain a new study permit. Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada says, “It is a vital step to maintain the integrity of the international student program while protecting students from foreseen financial and legal vulnerabilities.”

What about the Quebec Institutions?

As of now, the designation learning institutions of Quebec have not joined the compliance reporting system, but IRCC is doing every bit to integrate them with the system. A grace period is in progress until the Quebec institutions follow the new rules and regulations.

Safeguarding International Students

Canada has always been one of the top study abroad destinations for students. Amid the ongoing tensions between students and educational institutions in Canada, the government aims to rebuild this trust again by ensuring stricter compliance with the new rules and regulations. Marc Miller, the Immigration Minister of Canada, states, “We will look into the visa application process and scrutinise each step to ensure that integrity of the educational programs and the international students is not compromised.”.

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