India among the leading countries as over 47,000 international students may be staying illegally in Canada

The Economic Times via MSN ^ | 10 07 2025 | Staff

[yesthatjallen]

Canada may currently have as many as 47,000 international students living in the country illegally, according to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), as reported by National Post. This was reported at a House of Commons committee meeting and reflects students who entered Canada on study visas but may have violated their visa conditions.

Aiesha Zafar, head of migration integrity at IRCC, said that 47,175 individuals are potentially “non-compliant,” meaning they are not attending classes as required under their student visas. When asked if any countries were predominant among these cases, Zafar said, “India is one of the top countries.”

According to the National Post report, IRCC’s data is primarily based on reports from Canada’s post-secondary institutions. Schools notify IRCC when international students stop attending classes, and these cases are then referred to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for potential enforcement. However, if a school does not report a student, IRCC currently has no mechanism to track them.

Zafar noted that determining the exact number of students violating visa terms is challenging. “Any foreign national in Canada would be under the purview of the Canada Border Services Agency, so they have an inland investigation team,” she said, emphasizing that enforcement falls under CBSA’s responsibility.

Earlier this year, IRCC data indicated that in spring 2024 alone, 50,000 foreign students were reported as “no-shows” by their schools. Of these, 19,582 were from India, followed by 4,279 from China. The report highlights growing concerns over compliance among international students and the need for stricter tracking measures.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; illegal; india; students

[yesthatjallen]

Indian students who were supposed to leave after they finished the education successfully sued the Canadian government to stay.

These Students Were Due to be Deported But They Took on the Canadian Government and Won

Justin Trudeau Admits Immigration ‘Mistakes’ as Canada Changes Policy (2024)

In YouTube videos posted on Sunday, Trudeau made the remarks in English and French, saying, "Bad actors, like fake colleges and big chain corporations, have been exploiting our immigration system for their own interests."

In the video, Trudeau said, "In the last two years, our population has grown really fast, like baby boom fast," adding: "So we're doing something major. We're reducing the numbers of immigrants that will come to Canada for the next three years."

[Phoenix8]

Canada is cooked.

1/4 of the nation is now foreign born, same high prices we have yet worse! They say people with jobs in some of the big cities live 4 earners to a house To pay mortgage etc. And the people especially boomers there I hear are as liberal as ever.

In some areas women are whoring themselves out to pay rent.

Yet on X the liberal Canucks go on and on about TRUMP. Can you believe it?

[webheart]

Who has time for classes when there’s all that uber and door dash business? Every time I go to a fast food restaurant I see East Indian people getting out of cars with cell phones in hand going in and carrying bags out. I had a ride in an uber the other day and the driver was middle eastern and a student at the state university in cyber security. I don’t use uber except when it is provided by my car dealership so I imagine it was confirmation bias but it makes me wonder.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Sounds like a Canadian problem to me.

[silverleaf]

The surprise here is that anyone staying in Canada is considered “ illegal”

[cp124]

That’s Commie Canada’s problem.

[Moonmad27]

I think Aiesha may not be the best choice for that job. Guess no Anglo or French Canadian was available.

[tumblindice]

Canada: “Roaches check in, but they don’t check out”

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Canada may currently have as many as 47,000 international students living in the country illegally

Since Mark Carney and his party encourages such people to live in Canada, we should encourage our illegals to go there too. Tell them that healthcare is free in Canada! 😜 😆

[butlerweave]

Trudeau let them and with no background checks so how many criminals are in that group ?LOL

[xp38]

Same here. Never used uber until I was getting service done at a dealer last year so we have a sample size of two. :)

[scrabblehack]

when I was in college (1980’s), especially in social sciences — there were plenty of students who showed up only on exam day. I’ll admit most were not foreigners.

As far as I know the professors did not take attendance or verify identity.