Canada sees drastic fall in Indian student visas amidst ongoing diplomatic row

“”Our relationship with India has really halved our ability to process a lot of applications from India,” he said. He was alluding to New Delhi seeking parity in mutual diplomatic presence, which resulted in Canada withdrawing 41 diplomats and their family members from India in October. As Canadian diplomats including IRCC personnel left India, reducing the numbers from 62 to 21, Ottawa had described move as “expulsion”.

At the time, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly had said the services offered would be impacted by the downsizing. “Unfortunately, this mass expulsion will impact our operations, and client service will be affected,” she had pointed out.

Miller did not see an imminent resolution of the problem, as he said, “It’s not something that I see any light at the end of the tunnel on.”