According to a top Canadian official who spoke to Reuters, Canada issued significantly fewer study permits to Indian students in the latter part of last year as a result of India expelling Canadian diplomats who were responsible for processing the permits and a diplomatic spat over the death of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada.
In an interview, Immigration Minister Marc Miller stated that it is unlikely that the number of study permits issued to Indians will increase anytime soon.
After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed in June that there was evidence linking Indian government officials to the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, diplomatic tensions broke out. According to Miller, the tensions will probably continue to affect the numbers.
“Our relationship with India has halved our ability to process many applications from India,” Miller stated.
On directives from New Delhi, Canada was compelled to remove 41 diplomats, or two-thirds of its workforce, from India in October. Furthermore, a minister’s spokesman stated that the disagreement has led Indian students to look at studying abroad.
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