I dia
stude t
i
Ca ada
Sami
Ga hwal
sets
up
a
fu d aise
to
pay
off
his
educatio
loa s
as
he
was
de ied
a
wo k
pe mit
afte
completi g
his
deg ee
f om
Po tage
College.
Sami
Ga hwal,
a
I dia
stude t
who
got
his
deg ee
f om
Ca ada’s
co t ove sial
Po tage
College,
said
he
is
i
a
wo se
situatio
ow
afte
completi g
his
cou se
tha
he
was
two
yea s
ago
whe
he
came
to
a
ew
cou t y
with
a
educatio
loa
o
his
head
to
study.
As
thousa ds
of
Po tage
College
stude ts
we e
de ied
wo k
pe mits
i
Ca ada,
they
have
two
optio s
left
i
f o t
of
them:
goi g
back
to
I dia
o
legally
challe gi g
the
IRCC’s
decisio
to
de y
them
wo k
pe mits.I
a
i te view
with
CityNews,
Sami
said
he
a d
his
pee s
we e
elaxed
afte
thei
cou se
a d
was
waiti g
fo
thei
wo k
pe mits
to
come
so
that
they
could
sta t
wo ki g
i
Ca ada
a d
gai
Ca adia
expe ie ce.
But
the e
was
a
e
masse
ejectio
of
wo k
pe mits,
leadi g
to
the
stude ts
p otesti g
agai st
the
college
a d
Ca adia
immig atio .
But
as
of
ow,
the e
has
bee
o
solutio .Ca ada
ide tified
some
cou ses
as
eligible
fo
a
wo k
pe mit
a d
some
as
i eligible.
The e
was
a
cha ge
of
ule
i
2024
that
made
ma y
cou ses
of
this
pa ticula
college
i eligible,
but
these
stude ts
e oled
i
the
cou ses
befo e
that
date
i
2024
a d
we e
i
the
da k
about
thei
futu e
i
Ca ada
fo
the
last
two
yea s.
“I
al eady
took
a
educatio
loa
i
I dia,
a d
i
my
cu e t
situatio ,
I
am
ot
willi g
to
o
do ‘t
have
the
cou age
to
get
a othe
loa ,”
Ga hwal,
who
said
he
was
wo ki g
while
studyi g
i
Ca ada,
co fessed.Fo
Ga hwal
a d
ma y
othe s,
goi g
back
to
I dia
is
the
o ly
plausible
optio
as
the
legal
optio
i volves
mo e
mo ey.
Ga hwal
has
set
up
a
fu d aise
to
pay
his
educatio
loa .
“Th ee
yea s
ago,
I
moved
to
Ca ada
with
the
hope
of
buildi g
a
bette
futu e
th ough
educatio
a d
ha d
wo k.
I
have
wo ked
towa d
my
studies
while
ma agi g
the
challe ges
of
livi g
i
a
ew
cou t y,
i cludi g
tuitio ,
livi g
expe ses,
a d
othe
esse tial
costs,”
Ga hwal
w ote
i
the
fu d aise .
Row
ove
Po tage
College
deg ees
Po tage
College
said
they
we e
still
seeki g
cla ificatio
o
the
de ial
of
the
wo k
pe mits
fo
its
stude ts.
“We
a e
co ti ui g
to
seek
cla ificatio
o
the
Post
G aduatio
Wo k
Pe mit
issue.
As
each
day
goes
by,
we
u de sta d
the
u ce tai ty
that
g ows
fo
ma y
of
ou
affected
g aduates
as
we
e deavou
to
cla ify
factual
a d
sou ced
details.
We
emai
committed
to
i fo mi g
the
public
about
ew
developme ts
to
the
issue,”
said
Po tage
College
Vice
P eside t
Academics
a d
Resea ch
D
Do a
Feledichuk.
“We
also
e cou age
affected
g aduates
to
seek
p ofessio al
advice
f om
ce tified
immig atio
specialists.”Ju o
News
epo ted
that
the
Ca adia
I stitute
of
Osteopathic
The apy
(CIOT)
i
Calga y,
the
p ivate
college
that
pa t e ed
with
Po tage
College,
has
two
di ecto s
tied
to
a
Pu jabi
ec uitme t
fi m
whose
di ecto
was
a ested
i
I dia
du i g
a
2013
police
i vestigatio
i to
alleged
stude t
immig atio
f aud.