UK Home Secretary signals a two-tiered visa system
- In a recent speech, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced upcoming consultations on the UK’s student visa system
- Ms Rudd indicated for the first time that visa processes for foreign students could be tied to the quality of the institutions to which they have applied – that is, applicants to top-ranked institutions may enjoy more streamlined processes while those applying to lower-ranked universities could face new restrictions
- Critics charge that the underlying assumptions behind such a move are ill-founded and that international students have only a modest impact on net migration to the UK
Source: http://monitor.icef.com/2016/10/uk-home-secretary-signals-two-tiered-visa-system/
13Oct