The coronavirus ground nearly all business in Canada to a temporary halt. Now it’s also threatening one of the nation’s main drivers of long-term growth: foreign students.
While Canadian universities are still admitting international students for the fall, there’s growing unease among applicants over the halt in travel and visa processing.
Asfar Lathif recently accepted an offer from the University of British Columbia master’s program in genome science. But the 21-year-old, who lives in Chennai, India, is worried about getting all his approvals in time since it’s been difficult to gather the necessary documents amid government shutdowns. “It’s a problem.