International students applying for study visas to Canada will be required to provide biometric identification details, such as fingerprints, within two years, according to a senior Canadian immigration official who spoke here on Wednesday at the annual conference of the Canadian Bureau for International Education.
“I’m giving you a heads up that starting in late 2011, foreign students will be required to enroll their biometrics each time they apply for a study permit before they arrive in Canada,” said Jorge Aceytuno, deputy director of the international-student branch of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the federal department that deals with immigration issues.
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