Study Abroad: ‘Canada has nothing against Indian students,’ say overseas educaƟon consultants.
Study In Canada: Study abroad consultants are not expecting the stopping of Canada student visas for Indians; parents feel the conflict is ‘temporary’.
NEW DELHI: For Indian students hoping to study in Canada and study abroad consultants guiding them, the current souring of relations between Canada and India over the murder of Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar and investigations into it, is a temporary issue that will soon blow over.
‘No problem in Canada’
On September 20, the MEA issued an advisory to Indians in Canada, addressing students as well, saying: “Given the deteriorating security environment in Canada, Indian students in particular are advised to exercise extreme caution and remain vigilant." Latha Reji asked her son, an engineering student at a college in Edmonton, Alberta, about the situation. “My son who recently got admission is going to college regularly. I have spoken to him, and he told me that the situation is peaceful there and the present disturbance is political and only for a few days. There’s no problem in Canada,” she said, adding that she plans to visit her son next March.
‘It’s temporary’
Ashima – she doesn’t use a last name – of Sky Bridge Immigration & Education Consultants Pvt Ltd., too said they are not getting any calls from the students about the present conflict’s impact on study visas. “They know well that it is just temporary, and it has nothing to do with student visa.” The MEA advisory had also asked students to register with the High Commission of India in Ottawa or the Consulates General of India in Toronto and Vancouver through their respective websites or through the madad.gov.in portal.
