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Atlantic Premiers: Visa Applications

visa applications: The group is asking the four Atlantic premiers to lobby the federal government to do what it can to end a work-to-rule campaign by the workers who handle visa applications, according to CBC. It's a big concern, not just here but right across the country, said executive-director Peter Halpin and Thousands of international students planning to study in Canada might not be here when classes start in September because of a slowdown processing visa applications outside the country, warns the Association of Atlantic Universities. It says schools' reputations are suffering. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.