Canadian post-secondary institutions are refining their international recruitment strategies to navigate shifting student mobility in India. Policy changes, higher visa rejection rates, and reduced immigration incentives have led many prospective Indian applicants to explore alternative study destinations. While demand across major urban centres has softened, India’s expanding middle class in smaller tier-two and tier-three cities presents new recruitment opportunities. To ma

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated its program delivery instructions for the Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot. Effective January 1, 2026, staff no longer need to manually associate organization IDs to track provincial or territorial attestation letter exceptions. The update also clarifies language testing requirements for applicants. Students must submit French language test results with a minimum score of NCLC level 5 in all four la