Entry Clearances: Graduates
(asked on 10th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 visas were granted to people who were previously students in the UK in each year since 2009.
The available published information relates to Tier 2 grants of an extension of stay in the UK to people who were previously students, 2011 to 2013 and is given in the table below:
| Tier 2 grants of an extension of stay by previous category, excluding dependants | |||||
| Current category | |||||
| Year | Broad previous category | Total PBS - Tier 2 Sponsored with a job | |||
| 2011 | Study | 1,730 | |||
| 2012 | Study | 2,614 | |||
| 2013 | Study | 4,175 | |||
| Source: Extensions data table expc_01_w Immigration Statistics April-June 2014 | |||||
| Table notes | |||||
| 1. Data for 2013 are provisional figures. | |||||
| 2. Excludes EEA and Swiss nationals. | |||||
| 3. Includes reconsideration cases and the outcome of appeals. | |||||
The Home Office publishes annual statistics on grants of an extension by previous category in tables expc_01 to expc_01_o within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release.
A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration Statistics April - June 2014’ is available from the Library of the House and from:
Information on the previous immigration status of those issued an entry clearance visa (applications made outside the UK) is not available.