The pattern of outbound mobility from India changed throughout 2023, with the UK and US seeing significant shares of Indian students growing, and Australia recording a significant increase in Indian enrollments compared to 2022. ICEF Monitor, a dedicated market intelligence resource for the international education industry published a report highlighting how Indian student mobility is changing in 2023.
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Canadian institutions have been challenged this year by the serious diplomatic rift between Canada and India and its impact on the Indian student visa process.
During a meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) in October 2023, Immigration Minister Mark Miller said that only five immigration staff in India were processing Indian visa applications, up from 27 before the diplomatic crisis began. is less than. They said that:
The backlog of Indian visa applications to be processed will reach 17,500 by January 2024.
Miller said Indian applicants should expect longer overall processing times and slower responses to inquiries due to limited resources within the department. However, last month India resumed processing entry, business, medical and conference visas for Canadian citizens.
India remains the largest remittance market for Canadian teachers. There were less than 320,000 Indian students with active study permits at the end of December 2022, and these students accounted for 39.5% of Canada's total foreign enrolments.
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Meanwhile, the UK granted just under 500,000 study visas for the year ending June 2023, and Indian students accounted for about 30% of that total. The nearly 143,000 visas granted to Indian students represent a 54% year-on-year increase and place India as the clear leading sender to the UK – a position it held almost a year ago when it overtook the historical leader, China. Was left behind. first time.
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There are now almost as many Indian students on active visas in the US as there are Chinese students (253,631 vs 262,992, respectively), according to new data from the Department of Homeland Security's Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). Since 2020, the number of Indian students has increased by more than 30%, in contrast to the -29% contraction of the Chinese market.
Research conducted by IIE in the spring of 2023 revealed that US institutions are prioritizing India as a recruitment focus, which can only help increase the number of Indians. India was the top focus among institutions recruiting for both undergraduate (57%) and graduate (77%) programs.
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Indian students are helping the Australian international education sector recover after the pandemic. Their number increased by 34% in January-August 2023 compared to the same time frame in 2022. Indian students now represent 17% of all international students in Australia, making them the second largest group of foreign students in the country after China (21%). ,
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