Asked by: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many international students on student visas who complete postgraduate taught courses and leave the UK within 12 months do not subsequently return to the UK on that visa.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Home Office does not publish data on the proportion of student visas for postgraduate taught courses or how long people were resident in the UK on student visas.
The Home Office publishes data on sponsored study visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of student visas are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates up to the end of December 2023.
The Home Office also publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people starting a journey each year broken down by immigration route (e.g. study) and for how long they continue to hold leave. It does not contain information on how long people were resident in the UK or the level of qualification for which they were studying. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022.
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Government Operational Research Service - Mainstream RecruitmentFound: a highly numerate postgraduate degree you satisfy both the nationality and immigration requirements
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Government Operational Research Service - Sandwich Student SchemeFound: year after your placement you satisfy both the nationality and immigration requirements Application
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Government Operational Research Service - Summer Student SchemeFound: year after your placement you satisfy both the nationality and immigration requirements Application
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Government Operational Research Service - Fast StreamFound: a highly numerate postgraduate degree you satisfy both the nationality and immigration requirements
Asked by: Peter Gibson (Conservative - Darlington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that universities are following English proficiency requirements for foreign students.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), as part of their compliance activities, conduct on-site audits of sponsors and check what assessment methods sponsors have used and their relevant evidence. Where there are any compliance breaches, UKVI take compliance action which can include formal action plans or revocation of the sponsor licence. English language assessments are also considered as part of the Basic Compliance Assessment which sponsors are required to pass on an annual basis.
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Instead, it is pursuing a quota scheme that would see immigration rise. - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) In order to reverse this worrying trend, last week the EU proposed youth mobility visas, but the Government - Speech Link
3: Eleanor Laing (Con - Epping Forest) Immigration) Act 2024.Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) while accurate information on visas—including Schengen visas—and discrepancies between the advice to - Speech Link
2: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) needed, but now the complexity of visas and passports has increased markedly. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) to support study and work in the UK. - Speech Link
Correspondence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)Found: Letter from the Chair to Paul Mears, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, and response Correspondence
Correspondence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)Found: Correspondence between the Chair and NFU Cymru Correspondence