Are you planning to study abroad? Check the visa restrictions imposed by the United Kingdom
If you are a student and are planning to pursue your higher education in Britain, pay attention to the visa changes announced by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
New Delhi: Education is one of the most important aspects of one’s life and plays an extremely crucial role in shaping one’s future. In recent times, several students across the country have shown an inclination to study abroad, both for graduate and postgraduate courses. If you are a student who wants to study outside India and you are planning to go to Britain, you must read this news article. Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), has announced certain visa restrictions and immigration changes for students planning to study in the country. Read more to know all about it..
British ‘radical action’ to reduce immigration levels
As mentioned earlier, the British government is taking strict measures against international students coming to the country for higher education. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a series of new steps on Monday to tackle rising immigration in the country. Sunak described the new measures as the government’s “radical action” to reduce immigration levels, adding that the steps would ensure immigration benefits Britain. Prime Minister Sunak told X: “Immigration is too high. Today we are taking radical action to take this down. These steps will ensure that immigration always benefits Britain.”
Visa restrictions for international students in the United Kingdom
As part of the new measures, the government would stop international students from bringing their families to Britain unless they undertake postgraduate research training and increase the minimum wage that skilled foreign workers must earn if they want a visa to work in the country. He posted: “IMMIGRATION ACTION, BANNING foreign students from bringing their families to Britain unless they have a postgraduate research degree, STOPS immigration undermining British workers, DESTROYES the 20% mainstream salary cuts offered for shortage occupations.”
Immigration rate in Great Britain
Net migration to Britain reached record levels last year, official figures showed, putting pressure on the British government which has made the issue a political touchstone, CNN reported in May. Britain saw net migration of 606,000 people in 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with 1.2 million people entering the country and around half that number leaving. CNN reported that despite pledges by successive Conservative governments to dramatically reduce the number of people moving to Britain, especially in the wake of Brexit – a break touted by its proponents as a necessary step for Britain to “take control of its borders”. The vast majority of people who arrived – 925,000 – were non-EU nationals, and around one in twelve of those were asylum seekers, which was included in the ONS’s annual release for the first time. According to UK Immigration Statistics, Indian nationals were granted the largest number of UK study, work and visitor visas last year.
(Input from ANI)