UK announces tighter rules for Indian students

Prasun Sonwalkar
London, Feb 10 (PTI) Announcing details of tighter rules
for international students from India and elsewhere, British
Home secretary Alan Johnson on Wednesday said bogus students
will find it difficult to gain entry and work in the UK
illegally.

Johnson, who announced tightening of the student visa
regime on Sunday, said genuine students will continue to be
welcome.
The details announced on Wednesday comes days after
Britain suspended issuing student visas in north India,
Bangladesh and Nepal, suspecting large scale irregularities.
The new regulations will ensure that students studying
below degree level have a limited ability to work in the UK,
and that their dependants cannot work here at all.
It will be even harder for bogus students, whose only aim
is to work in the UK, to come into the country, he said.
The new measures for students include: a good standard of
English; restricting the lowest-level courses to only the most
trusted institutions; halving the amount of time a student
studying below first degree level or on a foundation degree
course will be able to work, to just 10 hours during term
time.
The steps also include a ban on bringing in dependants
for anyone studying a course for less than six months and a
ban on dependants of anyone studying a course lower than
foundation or undergraduate degree level from working. They
will face removal from the UK if found violating the rules, he
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