Overseas Students: Visas

(asked on 15th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on providing urgent assurances to international students applying to UK universities that they will be granted a visa under the Student Route in the event that their institution adopts a blended learning approach for 2021-22 in response to ongoing covid-19 restrictions.


Answered by
Michelle Donelan Portrait
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
This question was answered on 23rd June 2021

My department and I speak regularly with our counterparts in the Home Office about how visa and immigration policies may affect students.

International students are permitted to start a course from overseas through distance learning without a visa. These concessions are kept under regular review.

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