Visa Delays, Rejection Rates In Focus Again After 23-Year-Old's Suicide In Haryana
NDTV
Canada is a favoured destination due to its relatively friendly immigration policies. Expectations, thus, are higher, as is the frustration.
Suicide of a 23-year-old man in Haryana comes as an extreme warning amid long waits and high rejections of visa applications by Canada and other countries — blamed mainly on Covid-caused lockdowns, among other reasons.
Countries in the West — preferred destinations for students, many of whom hope to build a life there — have said they are hiring new staff and prioritising study-visa applications, but the wait can stretch into months. A belated rejection can lead to loss of money and motivation. Rejection rates are also reported to be up in Canada.
At present, if you are looking at a visa to the US, the wait can go beyond a year.
Canada is taking up to six months for visas in general; but even for student visa the wait is three months, thrice the pre-Covid times. And that's today's update from the Canadian government website. People have been waiting longer if their applications got stuck during the Covid surges in the last two years.
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