Have you heard about the new immigration rules announced by Rishi Sunak-led UK govt to place restrictions on dependents of international students from January 2024!!
Rishi Sunak-led ,The Prime Minister of the UK
government will place restrictions on the ability for international students to
bring dependents into the country from January 2024. The government further
said these restrictions apply to all students except students in post-graduateresearch courses. It further said this is aimed at banning people from using a
student visa as a backdoor route to find work in the UK.
"From January 2024, there will be
restrictions on the ability for international students to bring family members
on all but post-graduate research routes and banning people from using a
student visa as a backdoor route to work in the UK," the British
government specified as a change of rules.
A British government official said the
overseas students “will be stopped from switching from the student visa route
to work rules until their studies have been completed,” India Today reported.
As per the new UK visa rules, students will have to prove they can look after
themselves and their dependents.
Commenting on these rules, immigration lawyer
and Maalik Co Solicitors Managing Director Hasil Makkar told India Today TV in
an interview that some changes to these rules are surprising such as not being
able to change to a sponsored work route without completing your studies,
especially when one can return to their own country and apply under this route.
New UK visa
rules:
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman said in
the House of Commons that some international students will be allowed to bring
their dependents into the country, as per the new visa rules. Students on
research programmes like research-led masters courses and PhD students will be
allowed to bring family members including children and elderly parents as
dependents.
Current visa rules allow postgraduate
students in courses that last 9 months or more to bring their partners and
children into the country. Braverman said while announcing the new UK visa
rules that the UK government must ensure to lower net migration numbers. She
added these rules have been made “to better protect our public services, while
supporting the economy by allowing the students who contribute the most by
coming here”.
The government is also looking to clamp down
on immigration agents who might be supporting inappropriate applications.
These rules are also being seen as an attempt
to crack down on those conducting fake marriages to get a backdoor entry via
dependent visa route. The dependent visa allows full working rights in the UK
for the spouse.
What
this means in practice is that taught Masters students will no longer be
eligible to be accompanied by dependants. These changes have been incorporated
into the Immigration Rules from 15:00 on 17 July 2023, but will only affect the
dependants of students whose course starts on or after 1 January 2024.
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