Less than one week before the fall semester starts, Western University graduate student Yixuan Peng still hasn't learned if he'll be able to attend his orientation or classes in London, Ont.

The international student from China was accepted to Western's master of science business analytics program in early May but has yet to get the new study permit he applied for that month.

"Everything is so undetermined and that's the most frustrating part," said Peng, 23, who goes by the first name Peter. "Right now, I have to wait every day and I cannot plan my next move."

Peng, who has lived in Canada since 2016, has completed a double undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. But new federal rules that took effect in November require that international s

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