UK expects 230,000 fewer student visas over next 5 years

The UK Government has announced that it expects to reduce the level of student immigration into the country by almost a quarter million over the next five years, due to stricter visa rules.

A Home Office report said that the new student visa rules should lead to total net student migration from outside the European Union being reduced by 230,000 between 2011 and 2015.

This is only about half the reduction announced by Theresa May, Home Secretary, in March when she gave details on the student visa changes. She said then that the curbs would reduce net immigration by 400,000.

The Government is coming under increasing criticism for its policy on immigration. Much of the net immigration into the UK comes from EU countries; Britain is required under EU law to allow citizens of most EU countries to live and work in the UK.

By restricting immigration of non-EU immigrants, the UK is damaging its global competitiveness by denying British firms top overseas talent. This is also causing problems for the UK's £40 billion per year education sector. Immigration restrictions are putting off overseas students from coming to the UK

UK Student Tier 4 Visa - More restrictions on working

There have been significant changes to the Tier 4 student visa category recently. The Tier 4 student visa changes include the following:

• You will only be allowed to work in the UK if you are a student sponsored by higher education institutions (HEIs) and publicly funded further education colleges. You will be able to work part-time during term time and full-time during holidays.
• You will only be able to sponsor dependants if you are a student sponsored by a higher education institution on postgraduate courses lasting 12 months or longer, and if you are a government-sponsored student on courses lasting longer than 6 months;
• You will only be allowed to continue studying in a new course if the educational institution confirms that the new courses represent genuine academic progression from previous courses studied in the UK.
• There will be a streamlined application process if you are considered to be a low-risk national sponsored by Highly Trusted sponsors.

Students have in the past been attracted to the UK because they have been able to work while studying and because there was in many cases a route to permanent residence and eventual citizenship in the UK. There has been a significant reduction in the number of students who are allowed to work in the UK. Tier 1 Post Study Work will be abolished in April 2012. UK immigration is making it increasingly difficult to gain permanent residence in the UK. In the long term further restrictions on student immigration to the UK may very well cause damage to the UK economy.

UK visa applicant arrested for fraud in Sri Lanka

UK student visa news: 11.06.2011
A UK visa applicant was arrested today (June 10) for obtaining a passport in a false identity, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) stated. The Sri Lankan applicant had applied for a settlement visa to join her husband in the UK.

The UK Border Agency s checks established that the applicant had previously held a passport in a different identity. The UK Border Agency had informed the Sri Lankan police which led to the arrest of the applicant, a news release by the British High Commission read.

Immigration Liaison Manager, Colombo, Claire Murray, said The UK Border Agency conducts robust checks on documents submitted with UK visa applications. If we find out that an applicant has used deception in their visa application, we will ban the applicant from travelling to the UK for up to 10 years.

In addition, as this case shows, we will refer the applicant to the police with whom the UK Border Agency has a very good working relationship.

Today s arrest follows an arrest in May of an applicant who had also obtained a Sri Lankan passport in a false identity. The applicant had applied for a visa to be a dependant of a Tier 4 student visa applicant. The border control body of the United Kingdom had uncovered the deception due to it taking biometric data from customers as an integral part of the visa application process.

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UK announces new student visa measures

As Britain continues to reduce the number of migrants from non-European countries such as the Caribbean, new student visa measures have been announced.
Reports out of England say the next set of changes to the immigration proposals will affect students on the points-based system.
They take effect on July 4.
The revised rules are said to target students who abuse the immigration system, while allowing genuine students to study at legitimate colleges as Britain seeks to eradicate bogus institutions.
Those allowed to study in Britain will be restricted from working; while there will also be restrictions on sponsorship of dependents.
Details of the proposed changes have come from Damian Green, the Minister of Immigration.

UK student visa applications;Attention to detail to avoid being refused

The latest intelligence, the British study visa applications is June and July peak, so get a British university student enrollment confirmation letter will need to apply for a visa on the agenda. As UK visa application system more complex, has stimulated the British Embassy changes visa rules again, in the slightly chaotic transition period, many students encounter refused. To remind the industry to apply for a student visa to be fully prepared, pay attention to details.

Education Consulting Co., Ltd. Beijing celebrity stars of person in charge of Wang refused to sign the case, pointed out that many students apply for a student visa is not sufficient for this, along with student visa applications of British lack of understanding the new rules, often because of this critical “Blessings foot, “the negligence, to their own way to add variables to study.

Wang said that in March 2009, the UK student visa application procedures simplified terms from the previous complex system of 40 points. The new simplified visa regime student visa application process, but because the number increasing year by year visa, the visa officer the details of the application materials is more valued, and does not accept the interpretation of the material wrong.

Wang said the main reason for a student visa refusal, first admissions confirmation failed. British universities also need time to adjust to policy changes, sometimes because of inadequate understanding of the policy, confirmation of acceptance to the applicant an error. The applicant does not check whether the contents of the confirmation letter to submit blindly to meet the requirements will result in refusal. Second, the material is translated by a professional translation agency. The new student visa policy clearly stipulates that all Chinese data by a qualified professional translation company with translation. Third, do not meet the language requirements. New policy on visa applications for students to study in language and other aspects of performance have further requirements. Since April 21, 2011, all levels of undergraduate students to apply and above are required to confirm the level of English equivalent to CEFR LEVEL B2; studying undergraduate courses below the level of student applicants, be sure to reach the border security of the Department of recognition English language test required by the reach B1.

At the same time to remind people in the industry, the key to success lies in the visa applications submitted by the visa materials to the Embassy that the applicant will not be illegal aliens, will be back, so for this purpose should focus on the visa information.