The UK Border Agency consultation on student visas closed yesterday. NUS has been working to seek the views of member unions and international students on the proposals.
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Download the NUS Visa Consultation Response
Published on February 1, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 0 Comments Tags: National Uninon of Students, NUS, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, Tier 4 Visa guidance, uk visa system, UKCISA.
Student Visa Clampdown to Protect British Graduates
Published on February 1, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 5 Comments Tags: changes in UK Immigration Rules, Damian Green, foreign students studying in the uk, Home Office, interim immigration cap, temporary immigration cap, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, UK Border Agency, uk immigration cap, uk immigration policy, uk immigration system, UKBA.
The rights of student migrants to stay in the UK will be severely limited in order to protect jobs for British graduates, Damian Green said today.
Tier 4 Student Visa Consultation Closes
Published on February 1, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 0 Comments Tags: changes in UK Immigration Rules, Damian Green, foreign students studying in the uk, Home Office, interim immigration cap, temporary immigration cap, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, UK Border Agency, uk immigration cap, uk immigration policy, uk immigration system, UKBA.
Immigration Minister Damian Green has reiterated the Government’s plans to review student visas in a speech to the think tank Reform.
Full Speech Given by Damian Green: Reforming the Immigration System – Part 2
Published on February 1, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 1 Comment Tags: changes in UK Immigration Rules, Damian Green, foreign students studying in the uk, Home Office, interim immigration cap, temporary immigration cap, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, UK Border Agency, uk immigration cap, uk immigration policy, uk immigration system, UKBA.
Entitlement to work
I have other concerns and other proposals to tell you about. Because we not only need to be admitting the right students, we need to know that they are behaving properly when they are here. For example let me turn to students’ entitlement to work and to sponsor their dependants to join them.
Full Speech Given by Damian Green: Reforming the Immigration System – Part 1
Published on February 1, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 0 Comments Tags: changes in UK Immigration Rules, Damian Green, foreign students studying in the uk, Home Office, interim immigration cap, temporary immigration cap, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, UK Border Agency, uk immigration cap, uk immigration policy, uk immigration system, UKBA.
Immigration minister Damian Green gave this speech to the Reform Think Thank on Tuesday 1 February.
‘Reforming the immigration system and reducing the level of immigration to a sustainable number is one of the big tasks of this Government.
Damian Green to cite Number of Non-Highly Trusted Colleges as Sign of Abuse
Published on February 1, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 1 Comment Tags: foreign students studying in the uk, highly trusted college, highly trusted sponsors, Home Office, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, uk immigration cap, uk immigration policy, uk immigration system.
Last year, 90,000 student visas were issued to non-EU migrants from education providers that were not highly trusted. UK Immigration Minister Damien Green is to use this to argue that the potential for abuse is “clearly enormous” in a speech in London later today.
Cardiff Students’ Union Response to Student Visa Consultation
Published on January 31, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 1 Comment Tags: National Uninon of Students, NUS, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, Tier 4 Visa guidance, uk visa system.
Societies, Events and Activities Officer, Cosimo Montagu, has put together a Submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee, on behalf of the Students’ Union, in reply to the UK Border Agency’s (UKBA) Student Immigration System paper.
The Coalition Government’s plans: Specific Proposals for Change
Published on January 31, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 0 Comments Tags: changes in UK Immigration Rules, foreign students studying in the uk, Home Office, interim immigration cap, temporary immigration cap, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, uk immigration cap, uk immigration policy, uk immigration system.
2 Specific proposals for change
2.1 Economic migration
The Coalition Agreement stated:
We will introduce an annual limit on the number of non-EU economic migrants admitted into the UK to live and work.
The Coalition Government’s plans: Asylum and Illegal Immigration
Published on January 31, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 1 Comment Tags: changes in UK Immigration Rules, foreign students studying in the uk, Home Office, interim immigration cap, temporary immigration cap, tier 4 consultation, tier 4 policy guidance, tier 4 student visa, uk immigration cap, uk immigration policy, uk immigration system.
2.4 Moving between temporary and permanent migration
The Home Secretary stated in November 2010:
Settling in Britain should be a cherished right, not an automatic add on to a temporary way in.