Nearly 40 per cent of student visa applications from India rejected for vague reasons

IRCC has given 336,251 rejections for “other” and “unspecified” reasons since 2011

6 Jun 2023 • 2 min read

A student walks past a building with international country flags at Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C. As more foreign students apply for Canadian visas, some countries get rejected disproportionately more for unclear reasons. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Hannah Carty

Hannah is a Toronto-based reporter. Prior to joining the IJF, she was the editor-in-chief at The Varsity, the University of Toronto’s student newspaper, and is the Ontario representative for the Canadian University Press.

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