Crackdown on the UK Student Visa [POLL]

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[Update 14:03] If you’re following the #londonmet hashtag coverage, seems London Met has been granted permission to apply for a judicial review, the saga will continue!

UKBA have been tightening the grip on Non-EU immigration over the last few years with the removal of Tier 1 General visas, Post-Study Work and change in requirements for Tier 2 general visas.

Despite the UKBA being about as friendly as a rabid pitbull to Non-EU citizens on a UK student visa or who wish to work the UK, they’ve tried to maintain that the UK is still a welcoming and first-class place to study as an international student.

If you’ve been following the news, a recent assessment of London Metropolitan University’s student population has revealed that they had perhaps been a bit lax with checking English language proficiency, UK student visa status and attendance… resulting in the UKBA revoking their highly-trusted status as a sponsoring institution and leaving more than 2000 students currently sponsored by London Metropolitan with the dilemma of finding another course in the UK or having to move back home.

They’re in court today actually and expected to reach a decision on the UK student visa case within the hour on whether to suspend the sentence and allow for a judicial review which would give the students some time or to carry through with what the UKBA is considering a fair judgement in that they do not need to lay out ramifications before revoking their highly-trusted sponsoring status and asserting that London Met should have been keeping on top of things. If the UKBA decision is upheld, students would have three months to find an alternate course or face deportation.

Well, this isn’t going to be a news report, but I just wanted to raise the question about the UK student visa debate, vote above or leave feedback in the comments! Or another question entirely, does hearing news like this make you think twice about going abroad?