Thanks for that link, Ernesto. Until this past January, Canada's policy on this was the opposite (in some ways): the goverment had been using the Universities as an outsourcer for immigration determination. It wasn't quite as simple as this implies and I know people who ran into real trouble with it. But the actually underlying assumption, I was told my our MP, for all the policy hurdles, was that people the universities accepted would make good immigrants.

It has changed now, in that you now need to show particularly economic relevance, I believe, upon graduation.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 at 06:17 Merisa Ariel Martinez < merisa.martinez@gmail.com> wrote:

Very powerful post, Ernesto, and a good example of some situations I myself have been in while 1) a Master’s student in the UK and 2) a visiting researcher in the UK. I am returning to the UK on Monday for three months to study at Cambridge and can already anticipate the ridiculous line of questioning I will receive because I purchased a one way ticket to save money. My last name (Martinez) always brings up flags and it’s nearly impossible to convince them that I’m not married because I don’t “look Mexican.” Well, I’m American. Even when I show residence permits, discuss my previous work as a Tier 4, and try to reason with them that I have no plans to illegally abscond in the UK, I still am put through the ringer. Thank you for sharing. On Mar 19, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Ernesto Priego efpriego@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all,

Following our discussion on expats/immigrants, you might be interested in this post by a colleague of the Fan Studies Network

https://the13thcolony.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/welcome-to-uks-higher-educati...

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