Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
(asked on 18th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 5 post-study work visas were issued in-country in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012 and (v) 2013.
The information requested is given in the table below:
| Total extensions of stay in the UK by Points Based System work categories, Main applicants | ||||||
| Category | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Tier 1 Total | 65,900 | 54,306 | 66,403 | 57,327 | 24,879 | |
| of whom were previously students | .. | .. | 44,246 | 35,476 | 1,595 | |
| of which: | ||||||
| Tier 1 - Post Study | 34,181 | 33,973 | 43,719 | 35,245 | 572 | |
| of whom were previously students | .. | .. | 43,319 | 34,895 | 557 | |
| Tier 2 Total | 20,135 | 21,204 | 18,195 | 29,516 | 37,654 | |
| of whom were previously students | .. | .. | 1,730 | 2,614 | 4,175 | |
| Tier 5 Total | 76 | 395 | 627 | 789 | 1,074 | |
| of whom were previously students | .. | .. | 0 | 134 | 210 | |
| .. = not available | ||||||
| Source: Immigration Statistics April - June 2014 Tables ex_02 and ex_pc_01_w | ||||||
The Tier 1 Post-Study work route was closed to new applications on 6 April 2012 but existing applications continued to be processed after this date.
The Home Office publishes annual statistics on extensions of stay by category and previous category, in tables ex_01 to expc_01_o within the quarterly ‘Immigration Statistics’ release.
A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration Statistics April - June 2014’ is available from the Library of the House and from: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release