Canada can’t reliably track students after visa expiry audit flags weak enforcement

Thousands flagged high risk went unchecked after expiry

A new audit by Canada’s Auditor General Karen Hogan finds Immigration has no effective system to track foreign students once their visas expire. The report points to weak enforcement, lack of action on thousands of high-risk cases, and documented fraud, raising questions about how well the student program is protected even as some overstayers later tried to remain legally.