Slower Canadian study visa application processing at the visa centers abroad is making international students to defer their studies at Canadian universities and colleges. University of British Columbia announced that approximately 100 international students who were supposed to start their studies in September will have to start in January because they are still waiting for [...]
United Kingdom (UK) may have allowed more than 60,000 bogus students enter the country out of 141,700 in the year 2011 as claimed by Migration Watch UK. The report is based on UK Home Office three months pilot project suggesting about 44 percent of 2316 foreign students interviewed were bogus. The Home Office said that [...]
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United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has been taking the inspection of local universities very seriously and has shown concern regarding scrutinizing University’s efforts to uphold its duties as a sponsor for foreign students. Lately, almost majority of Universities in UK, which sponsor foreign students on study visas, are expecting a surprise visit from the UKBA. [...]
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The New Zealand immigration authorities are hot on their toes on cracking down student visa scam that has been their center of attention since June. During an audit of the Immigration New Zealand’s Beijing branch, fraudulent Chinese student visa cases, up to 279 in numbers, were discovered last month. More than 80 percent of these [...]
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Plans to exempt foreign students from the restrictions of the immigrations rules of United Kingdom (UK) are under consideration by the UK government after the considerable drop in foreign students enrolling in country’s higher education institutions. Such plans are being regarded, by some, as a step to reinforce the administration’s policy on cutting down the [...]
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Australia is increasing the required living cost by $ 610 per year that is required by a potential student visa applicant to meet the living and education costs during studies in Australia. Currently the amount required to cover the living expenses per year is $8000. Foreign students must provide the documentary evidence of the availability of [...]
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Canadian visa offices through out the world processing the applications for study permits have different processing times ranging from one week to 16 weeks as per Citizenship and Immigration Canada website. However, in many cases the actual time of Canada study permit application processing is higher than 16 weeks such as in Canada visa office [...]
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French Ambassador Phillipe Theubaud has said he cannot do much to facilitate the Pakistanis to obtain visa to enter France at the annual dinner of Pak-France Alumni Network. Pak-France Alumni Network is founded by the students returning to Pakistan after graduating from a French educational institutes. During the past few years, a substantial number of [...]
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Foreign PhD students in the Sweden are trying to persuade the Swedish government to consider their work experience during research towards the residency requirements for non-European nationals through the social media and power of internet. The foreign workers who come to Sweden have the opportunity to use their work to obtain the Swedish residency after [...]
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