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The Economic Times
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'Return home': Alberta Premier tells international students without PR to leave Canada when visas expire

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a blunt message to international students caught in Canada's increasingly restrictive immigration system: a study visa is temporary, and those who cannot secure permanent residency after their permitted stay should return home.

"A student visa is a temporary document to study in Canada. That was always understood," Smith said in a post on X.

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