adminSo far in 2021, 68,317 applicants have been invited for express entry. This year’s rate of invites granted is significantly higher than last year’s. This might be due to the fact that IRCC has larger draws...
How international students decide whether or not to stay in Canada
A new report poll suggests that while some international students arrive in Canada knowing whether they want to stay or return home after finishing their education, the majority of them decide after living there for a...
According to a survey, higher education in the United States will rebound in 2022
As per research conducted by marketing specialist Keystone Academic Solutions, funding is top of mind for potential overseas students when choosing higher education courses in the United States, and access to admissions...
How many provincial nominations will Ontario render in 2021?
This year, Ontario is projected to offer more than 8,350 nominations. Each Canadian province is allotted a set number of provincial nominations to support permanent residence petitions each year. The allotment for...
Travel ban on India and Pakistan has been extended by Canada
At a government pandemic briefing on May 21, Canada’s transport minister, Omar Alghabra, confirmed the news. “Since this restriction was put in place, we’ve seen a significant reduction in the number of...
Recovery expected by late-2022, UK ELT reports “devastating” 2020 results
According to the latest data from BONARD for English UK, student weeks decreased by 71% and the number of students decreased by 84% in English language schools in the UK in 2020. These figures are even more alarming...
Agents advise prospective students to ‘hedge their bets’
According to research, agents advise prospective international students to prepare alternative back-up study options, while a “overwhelming majority” advise students to choose online studying as a default...
Canada’s travel ban has been extended until June 21
Trudeau also stated that the Canada-US border will reopen after at least 75% of Canadians have been vaccinated. The travel prohibitions in place in Canada to combat the proliferation of COVID-19 have been...
Canada: Colleges collaborate to provide workforce training in the logistics and supply chain market
With the implementation of a new business training curriculum in the supply chain market, sponsored by the Future Skills Centre and established by Mohawk College’s City School initiative, four colleges from across...
Statistics suggest 67% of Indians prioritize the US for higher education
According to a recent survey by the fin-tech website Prodigy Finance, almost 67 percent of Indians favor the United States for higher education. According to the report on the State of Higher Education in the Study...
From the 24th of May, certain Northern Ireland travel regulations will be relaxed
24th of May onwards, non-essential travel from Northern Ireland to other sections of the Common Travel Area (CTA) will be permitted. If people have visited relatives or friends in other areas of the CTA, they would not...
Exceptions to travel restrictions offer international students hope of returning to school: US
After a year of feeling neglected, Gabriela Belasque is hopeful that she will soon be able to fully experience UCLA life thanks to exceptions to COVID-19-related travel restrictions. Due to travel constraints...
Potential graduate route to open to international students in July 2021 | UK Immigration
The government has announced that a new path for UK graduates would open this summer as part of its overhaul of the UK immigration system, allowing former foreign national students to stay in the UK and gain jobs...
International grad stream limits to 40,000 a day in Canada
Just over one day after going online, Canada’s new road to citizenship for foreign graduates hit its 40,000 applicant cap. “It is hoped that the citizenship pathway would assist Canada in meeting its...
Forecast for agents in 2022 updated in a new survey
Despite different degrees of travel restrictions for top destination nations, foreign agents remain extremely involved in their positions during the pandemic, according to a recent ICEF Agent Voice survey of over 1200...
International students in the States admissible for Covid-19 funding through the government’s relief fund
The fund is meant to provide aid to over 5,000 HEIs. The grant, which will benefit over 5,000 higher education institutions, is more than “double the emergency relief assistance provided to students and institutions...
The province of Ontario, not Ottawa, is to blame for the halt of foreign student admissions, says the federal officials
Although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused Queen’s Park of refusing to cooperate with them on COVID-19 boundary issues, a federal government spokesman told the Sun that regions, not the federal government...
