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Canada and Germany are the leading countries for the immigration of international students The top two nations for foreign student immigration are Canada and Germany. Compared to other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, Canada and Germany have the highest rates of immigration for foreign students.  Nearly all of the 38 countries that make up the OECD have policies in place to retain foreign students after they graduate, according to its International Migration Outlook 2022. With the exception of Germany, none of these other nations have had as much success retaining graduates with international educations as Canada.    The study found that more than 60% of foreign students who arrived in Canada and Germany in 2015 for academic reasons were still living there five years later.   The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)  Governments from 37 democracies with market-based economies work together in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to create guidelines for public policy that will support long-term economic growth. The OECD offers a platform where states may exchange ideas, look for solutions to shared problems, pinpoint best practices, and establish rigorous criteria for economic policy. The OECD has been a trustworthy source of fact-based policy analysis and economic data for more than 50 years. The United States is cooperating with other members to improve the OECD’s accountability, financial restraint, transparency, and responsiveness to member objectives.   OECD Member countries 20 countries originally ratified the Agreement on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on December 14, 1960. Since then, the Organization has added 18 more members. There total of 38 member countries in OECD   Canada joined the OECD on April 10, 1961, and Germany on 27 September 1961   The table has details of OECD member countries Country  Date Country  Date AUSTRIA 29 September 1961 AUSTRALIA 7 June 1971 BELGIUM 13 September 1961 CANADA 10 April 1961 CHILE 7 May 2010 COLOMBIA 28 April 2020 COSTA RICA 25 May 2021 CZECH REPUBLIC 21 December 1995 DENMARK 30 May 1961 ESTONIA 9 December 2010 FINLAND 28 January 1969 FRANCE 7 August 1961 GERMANY 27 September 1961 GREECE 27 September 1961 HUNGARY 7 May 1996 ICELAND 5 June 1961 IRELAND 17 August 1961 ISRAEL 7 September 2010 ITALY 29 March 1962 JAPAN 28 April 1964 KOREA 12 December 1996 LATVIA 1 July 2016 LITHUANIA 5 July 2018 LUXEMBOURG 7 December 1961 MEXICO 18 May 1994 NETHERLANDS 13 November 1961 NEW ZEALAND 29 May 1973 NORWAY 4 July 1961 POLAND 22 November 1996 PORTUGAL 4 August 1961 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 14 December 2000 SLOVENIA 21 July 2010 SPAIN 3 August 1961 SWEDEN 28 September 1961 UNITED KINGDOM 2 May 1961 UNITED STATES 12 April 1961 SWITZERLAND 28 September 1961 TURKEY 2 August 1961   So far Canada and Germany are the top two countries in the OECD list that are the leading countries for the immigration of international students.   To find out more details about “the immigration of international students”, you can contact one of our immigration specialists at  Gunness & Associates.   Tel: (416) 604-2669  Email: info@immigrationmatters.info    Gunness & Associates has helped thousands of people successfully immigrate to Canada with their families. Our skilled and experienced immigration experts have the expertise to accurately examine your case and advise you on the best method of proceeding to best serve your needs.   For honest and straightforward advice, contact the experts at Gunness & Associates. Get a free Assessment  Join our newsletter and get up-to-date immigration news Click here All rights reserved ©2022 Gunness & Associate

IRCC is Committed to Attracting and Retaining International Students The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration’s (CIMM) report outlines measures for the attraction, recruitment, and retention of international students in Canada. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently released their official response to the report.   In order to address the unfavorable and precarious circumstances that international students encounter in Canada, CIMM previously issued IRCC a paper titled “Differential Treatment in Recruitment and Acceptance Rates of Foreign Students in Quebec and in the Rest of Canada.” The IRCC response addresses existing measures and makes fresh recommendations to lessen vulnerabilities, assisting foreign students with their application, academic program, and settling in Canada.   Regarding foreign students, the report focused on three primary goals: attracting foreign students to Canada to study; the International Student Program’s fairness; and enhancing communication and customer service for international students during the immigration and study permit processes.   The IRCC’s response highlighted steps that may be taken and are already in place to help with these three goals, covering each one separately in an effort to decrease vulnerabilities and support international students when they apply for study permits, enroll in courses, and settle in Canada.   Attracting International Students   The government has acknowledged that, between 2022 and 2023, there will be an estimated 753,000 international students with study permits, while also acknowledging the ICMM’s concern that, despite the increases, applications from some populations and countries are not given enough load by the department.   In return, IRCC agreed to: Examining the possibility of expanding the Student Direct Stream (SDS) to particular Francophone, Asian, and African nations. For applicants from 14 countries, the SDS is an expedited stream for obtaining a study permit; the Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration (MIFI) and the Immigration and Refugee Council (IRCC) should create a working group to look into the rates of study permit refusal (generally, and for French-speaking African students in particular) headed for Quebec; maintaining and reconsidering the scope of the Nigeria Student Express (NSE) study permit stream, which was created to assist students applying from Nigeria; and Examine the best ways to encourage international students, especially those with the qualifications, experience, and language proficiency required for success in   Ensuring Equity in the Program for International Students   In their initial report to IRCC, the CIMM suggested a number of areas where potential actions to improve equity in the foreign student program and application processes may be taken. As a result, IRCC has promised to evaluate procedures and guarantee equity across the International Student Program (ISP) by   continuing to ask about accessibility, ethnicity, and gender in the yearly voluntary client experience survey to find out more about the particular problems that clients face based on their demographics; Create a framework for disaggregated data and analytics (DDAF). Disaggregated data is data that has been filtered to better understand the specific connections it has based on characteristics; for instance, to better understand how a certain set of individuals is impacted by a certain policy or phenomenon; examining the patterns and factors that affect social well-being among immigration generations with a focus on racial diversity; Review the procedure for choosing international students, and judge students according to standards that are more in line with their prospective value; and strengthening communication and customer service   Improving Interactions with Overseas Students   Most CIMM recommendations emphasized the value of providing clients and stakeholders with accurate information, especially about processing times and grounds for rejection. The IRCC has addressed these concerns by:   to increase processing efficiency and to make monthly backlog data available. Additionally, 1,250 additional processing workers will be employed by the end of 2022. The IRCC has committed to working with Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) to collect information on the enrollment and status of international students. The DLIs instantly send the IRCC the data pieces. In order to promote transparency and understanding, the government expressed a desire to maintain initiatives like the 2022 pilot program, which required immigration officers to release their decision notes along with a select group of temporary residence visa (TRV) applicants early in the decision-making process.   To find out more details about the “IRCC commitment to attracting and retaining international students”, you can contact one of our immigration specialists at  Gunness & Associates.   Tel: (416) 604-2669  Email: info@immigrationmatters.info    Gunness & Associates has helped thousands of people successfully immigrate to Canada with their families. Our skilled and experienced immigration experts have the expertise to accurately examine your case and advise you on the best method of proceeding to best serve your needs.   For honest and straightforward advice, contact the experts at Gunness & Associates. Get a free Assessment  Join our newsletter and get up-to-date immigration news Click here All rights reserved ©2022 Gunness & Associate