Quote:
Originally Posted by opendoor
Yeah, it's funny that no one seems to actually talk about this. The 4.9M number is meaningless unless put in context.
I haven't seen a specific number published anywhere for a normal year. But we do know that there are only about 3M non-permanent residents in Canada (inclusive of all work and study permit holders as well as asylum claimants) total. So that 4.9M figure obviously includes millions of people who aren't even residents (i.e. people issued tourist visas at some point in the year).
And of course, it's merely the number of permits set to expire before the end of 2025. So of the number that isn't tourists, that would also presumably include a significant number of people who will renew their visas or transition from a study permit to a postgraduate work permit, and thus not leave the country at all.
But yeah, it'd be nice if people talking about this issue as an unprecedented situation for which no infrastructure exists could actually provide a baseline to compare this to. Surely they must know the normal rate of visa expirations to have such a strong opinion, right?
|
I'd bet a significant portion are Ukrainian, and their visas should just be renewed. It's likely they were only granted a couple years or maybe even just one because no one knew what would happen.