{"id":10701,"date":"2016-09-08T17:56:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T17:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/fr\/?p=10701"},"modified":"2016-09-08T17:56:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T17:56:48","slug":"canada-susceptible-student-visa-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/canada-susceptible-student-visa-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Susceptible to Student Visa Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada\u2019s \u2018soft\u2019 approach to tackling student visa fraud makes it the most susceptible to corruption out of the top nations for international study, a new report has concluded.<\/p>\n

The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education study says the power of Canada\u2019s provinces to approve degree-awarding institutions makes it significantly more difficult to regulate potential law-breakers.<\/p>\n

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Rachael Merola\u2019s paper, entitled \u2018Combating Student Visa Fraud: Top Destination Countries Employ Diverse Strategies\u2019, compares methods for fighting corruption employed in the US, UK, Australia and Canada.<\/p>\n

She finds that Canada, which does not monitor students after they have arrived, is \u2018especially susceptible to fraud\u2019, a fact that has already had an impact on the international reputation of the country.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThe fact [Canada] is one of the top study destinations for [international] students, coupled by the fact [universities] are overseen provincially, makes it especially susceptible to fraud, because there\u2019s less ability to regulate across the entire country,\u201d Merola said.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe Chinese government warned their own students that there are some unscrupulous operators \u2026 in Canada, so there is an impact in terms of the attractiveness of the country as a study destination when there are a lot of cases of student visa fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Attempts to tackle fraud in Canada include limiting student visas to approved institutions. But allowing the provinces grant degree-awarding power makes it difficult to regulate.<\/p>\n

    Merola says it\u2019s time for all of the parties involves to work together to proactively weed out the fraudsters, instead of the reactionary policies currently employed.<\/p>\n

    The highest profile global case came when it was discovered one of the 9\/11 hijackers had entered the US on a student visa.<\/p>\n

    As a result, the US has tightened security in the area, including at one point creating a fake university as a honey trap for fraudulent agents looking to draw in potential overseas students.<\/p>\n

    While this policy was a success, Merola says enforcement agencies need to move with the times to create a strategy that can adapt to the new methods of fraudulent individuals.<\/p>\n

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