Foreign Students in Canada Must Confess
Students from India are here to stay, like students from Scotland and Ukraine before them but, they must not regard Canada as a fool and lie to immigration.
History is recorded in different ways. Once upon a time, it was only with pen and paper. In 2024, it is with different technologies. Whatever the platform, there must be some truth in what is regarded as a ‘historical’ record.
Foreign students in Australia and Canada for example. It will be a disservice to history if these two countries are regarded as the bad guys that don’t want foreign students. What should be included in history books is that foreign students disrespected these countries and took them for fools. It all started with 700 students from India that lied to Canada. That lie resulted in them bringing their families over to Canada. Lies have a limit and in 2023, Canada caught the web of lies starting from immigration consultants inside India, working in conjunction with fake 'colleges' in Toronto and Vancouver. The restrictive visa and post-graduate conditions Canada implemented is in response to those lies. Unfortunately, they affect all foreign students, not only India.
Up to now, students from India have not confessed that they tried to defraud Canada’s and Australia’s immigration system. It is important that they own up, because if they don’t, they might use fraud in other countries, they try to enter.
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