Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of international undergraduate students at universities in England applied for indefinite leave to remain after their studies in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

The Student route is a temporary immigration route and does not lead to settlement in the UK. However, students may apply to extend their leave on other routes to remain in the UK, provided they meet the requirements.

The Home Office publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people granted settlement each year by initial immigration route in dataset MJ_D02. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022.