Overview

• In testimony to a House of Commons committee, IRCC official Aiesha Zafar cited 47,175 students identified by institutions as potentially not meeting study‑permit conditions.
• Zafar told MPs that India is among the top source countries for these cases, with government data showing 188,255 Indian study‑permit holders in 2024 and 52,765 from January to July 2025.
• IRCC described potential non‑compliance to include non‑attendance, unauthorized work, expired or invalid documents, or failure to report status changes such as dropping out or transferring.
• Zafar emphasized that the tally is not a confirmed count of violations and said locating and removing non‑compliant foreign nationals falls under the Canada Border Services Agency.
• IRCC relies on reports from designated learning institutions and lacks an independent tracking mechanism if schools do not report, echoing earlier data indicating about 50,000 spring 2024 student‑visa “no‑shows,” including 19,582 from India and 4,279 from China.