CANADIAN IMMIGRATION NEWS

Majority of Indian Students in Canada Apply for Permanent Residency

Wednesday, 25 March 2009

With the success rate of Indian students becoming Permanent Residents (PR) in Canada recorded at 99 per cent, Canada has a high population of Indian students today.

"Roughly 80 per cent of them apply for PR after the completion of their studies." said Mel Broitman, managing director of the Canadian University Application Centre, as part of his tour to various cities in the country to select Indian students to study in his country.

Mr. Broitman noted that Canada needs immigrants at the rate of three hundred thousand per year to keep the population growth rate constant and therefore there is a huge demand for talented students from India.

"Canada is very actively promoting immigration so that it can add to its population. It has a population of 32 million people and there is a need to increase the population. Due to negative population growth rate, Indian students make the best immigrants," he stated. "About 40 per cent of the Indian students studying in these five universities are from Punjab and that speaks volumes of how Punjabis are making inroads into Canadian universities," added Broitman.

He further said, "We have already sent about 1,500 students to pursue their studies in the Canadian universities since 1997. And about 2,500 students from India go to Canada every year, which may be lesser than those going to Australia or some other countries but what is noteworthy is that Canada wants talented people who can be part of the society later on. Another point is that the study expenses are much less in Canada while the living standard is high."

"All Indian students automatically receive a work permit in Canada once they graduate since they are highly respected for speaking good English and also for being talented," said Justin Kohlman from the University of Victoria.

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