UK bars Nigerian, other foreign students from bringing family by January
A new law has been put in place by the United Kingdom, which will stop Nigerian and other foreign students studying in the UK from bringing their family as dependents except “under specific circumstances.”
The United Kingdom has put in place a new law that will see Nigerian students and others studying in the UK from bringing their family as dependents except “under specific circumstances.”
According to Sky News, the UK government’s decision is aimed to bring down the country’s one million immigration.
The UK, under the new rule, will also remove the permission for international students to switch out of the student route and into work routes before their studies have been completed to prevent misuse of the visa system.
Sky News also added that “there will also be a review of the maintenance requirement for students and dependents and a crackdown on “unscrupulous” education agents “who make use of inappropriate applications to sell immigration, not education”.
The Informant247 learned that the changes, which take effect in January 2024, will allow students starting courses in the UK to plan ahead of the new rules.
In a written ministerial statement published on Tuesday and obtained by Sky News, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said recent immigration figures had shown an “unexpected rise” in the number of dependants coming to the UK alongside international students.
The Informant247 had reported that the United Kingdom was set to announce new restrictions that will most likely stop Nigerian students, and other nationalities studying in the UK from bringing their families over.
According to The Sun UK, in an exclusive report, the crackdown is said to be announced this week, and it will see all masters students and many other postgraduates banned from bringing family over.
According to a report by the UK Media House, the ban will not apply to PhD students, whose courses usually last between 3 and 5 years and are very highly skilled.
This is coming as the migration into the UK has skyrocketed to 1 million with Tory MPs asking the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, “to get a grip on the rocketing numbers.”
To get a hold of the climbing numbers, UK ministers are said to be expected to announce the immigration clampdown on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Sun reports that “Rishi Sunak is expected to come out fighting on immigration – pointing out they are figures he inherited as they date back to the year ending December 2022 – two months after he became PM.
“There has been an explosion in the number of people coming to Britain piggybacking on their relative’s student visa.
“Students brought 135,788 family members to Britain last year – nine times more than in 2019.
“Last year, 59,053 Nigerian students brought over 60,923 relatives.”
“We have got to get a grip,” a Tory MP told The Sun on Sunday.
