International students coming to study in the UK will no longer be permitted to bring family members with them unless they meet certain criteria, as part of a government effort to reduce immigration.
International students will no longer be permitted to bring dependents unless they are enrolled in postgraduate courses categorised as research programs.
The package will make it impossible for overseas students to transition from the student route to the job route before their studies are finished.
In addition to eliminating this entitlement, there will be a reassessment of the maintenance requirement for students and dependents, as well as a crackdown on “shady” education providers “who use inappropriate applications to sell immigration, not education.”
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The reforms will take effect for students beginning their courses in January 2024, giving future international students time to plan ahead.
The administration has been under fire over migration figures, and there have been rumours of cabinet divisions on the subject.
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Official figures going out later this week are expected to indicate that net migration jumped from 504,000 in the year to June 2022 to more than 700,000 in the year to December.
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Background
There has been an explosion in the number of people coming to Britain piggybacking on their relative’s student visa.
Students brought 135,788 family members to Britain last year – nine times more than in 2019.
Last year, 59,053 Nigerian students brought over 60,923 relatives.
One Tory MP told The Sun on Sunday: “We have got to get a grip.”
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