The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) just spilled the beans on their plans for study permits in 2024, and it's time to break it down without the jargon.

So, here's the scoop: the IRCC is putting a cap on the number of study permit applications they'll even consider in 2024 – a whopping 606,250 of them! Hold on, though, because this cap is different from the one they threw at us on January 22nd, which was about study permit approvals and not the total applications.

In simple terms, over the next 11 months, the IRCC is setting a limit on how many study permit applications they'll process – that's the 606,250 number. It doesn't matter what decision they make on each application; they're committed to dealing with this massive bunch.

But here's the fun twist: the instructions say that this cap might get a makeover if the minister gives some new directions. Translation: if the IRCC doesn't hit the 360,000 approved study permit cap within the 606,250...