Ottawa putting cap on new student visas

Ottawa is slashing the number of study permits it approves over the next two years to get a handle on a ballooning international student program.
New student visas handed out this year will be capped at 364-thousand — which represents a 35 per cent decrease from the nearly 560-thousand issued last year.
Federal officials will set the number for 2025 following an assessment of the situation later this year.
The cap will apply only to post-secondary undergraduate students and not those seeking visas for master’s programs, doctoral degrees or elementary and high school students.