Tim Uppal and Minister Kenney, the Canadian politicians confirmed that the approval rate for Indian students immigrating to Canada has almost doubled in its percentage in the recent times. Courtesy the Student Partners program, the quantity has seen a huge hike in the number of Indian students studying in the Canadian institutions.

The program was launched in April 2009 and holds an association with a joint venture between twenty member colleges of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and Canadian Visa officials in India. The main motto of the project was to enhance the acceptance rate for Indian students intending to enroll themselves in Canadian colleges.

Minister Kenney confirmed that the foreign students are decked with new and fresh ideas, along with experience that would contribute to the Canadian economy and the institutions where they would study. He said that these types of Visa programs act in the mutual benefits of both the countries as well as for those participate in them. Later the graduates may make Canada their home after applying under the Canada Experience Class.

As far as the source countries for students to Canada are concerned, India ranked seventh in the year 2008. The quantity of students has almost doubled since the year 1998, with a majority of them contributing in a major way to the Canadian economy.

The success of the program can be depicted from the stats that the first nine months of the commencement of the program saw more than 4,000 applications from Indian students by the CIC’s officers.