The UK government has announced a new immigration rule that will ban most international students from bringing their families to the UK. The ban will apply to all master’s students and some other post-graduates, but it will not apply to PhD students who are highly skilled and whose courses last between 3 to 5 years. The new policy is intended to discourage international students from choosing the UK predominantly because they want to work there, rather than study. The ban will have significant implications for international students and their families, as well as for UK universities. Here’s what you need to know about the ban:
- The ban will prevent most international students from bringing their families with them to the UK from January 2024.
- The ban will affect all master’s students and some other post-graduates, but it will not apply to PhD students who are highly skilled and whose courses last between 3 to 5 years.
- Under the current immigration law, dependents are allowed to accompany their spouses or parents who have a valid student visa.
- The new policy is intended to discourage international students from choosing the UK predominantly because they want to work there, rather than study.
- The ban will have implications for many international students, including those from Nigeria, who accounted for the highest increase in the number of dependents accompanying persons with study visas in 2022.
- The ban is part of a wider plan to reduce net migration into the country, which has hit 1 million, with Tory MPs asking Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to “get a grip on the rocketing numbers.”
- The ban will also affect Indian students, who will only be allowed to bring in their family members if they are on postgraduate courses currently designated as research programmes.
- The ban will not apply to international students in postgraduate research courses, such as research-based PhDs and research-based master’s programmes.
- The ban is intended to encourage international students to focus on their studies and complete their programmes before seeking work in the UK.
- The ban is expected to affect UK universities financially, as international students are a significant source of revenue for them.
- According to a report by the Higher Education Policy Institute, international students contribute £26 billion to the UK economy each year.
- The ban could result in a decline in the number of international students choosing to study in the UK, which could have a negative impact on the UK economy.
The UK government’s ban on families of international students is a significant change to the visa scheme for international students and their families. The ban will have implications for many international students and their families, as well as for UK universities. The ban is part of a wider plan to reduce net migration into the country, and it is intended to encourage international students to focus on their studies and complete their programmes before seeking work in the UK. The ban is expected to have significant financial implications for UK universities, and it could result in a decline in the number of international students choosing to study in the UK.
An Indian official told us in anonymity that the UK government’s new immigration rule, which bans most international students from bringing their families to the UK, is due to the fact that for the past many years, the majority of Indian students have been committing fraud and scams in the UK, including fraudulent applications and bringing in dependents of non-related families by charging up to £50,000 per adult person or child to gain British citizenship. The official also told us that a large percentage of people are missing who came to study, and many of them are now trying to gain asylum. Many students are being helped by the Indian government to create false applications to secure entry clearance.
Secret documents seen by our Indian-based reporter shocked her to learn 700,000 Indians entered the UK in 2022. The student scam came to light when many Indian students came to the UK to study with 15 to 12 and 8 dependents. The scam came to light when many houses were raided for various criminal behaviour when this scam was unearthed. The British Government is now looking to revoke citizenship and deport anyone found to have defrauded the Home Office since 2010 and before.