For that same time period, a total of 149,875 study permits approved for Indian applicants in 2023

Data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shows that the number of international student permits issued to Indian applicants has fallen by more than 93 per cent in the last two years.

According to data received by National Post, there were a total of 9,955 permits approved for applicants from India between January and the end of August this year. That compares to 149,875 in the same period in 2023, and 76,930 in that period last year.

The shift is part of a larger trend toward issuing fewer permits for both students and workers to come to Canada from abroad.

This year, Canada reduced the number of permits for students by 10 per cent from the previous year, with a cap

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