Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Robert Oulds speaks to the BBC on the Government's plans to close the backdoor route into the UK used by foreign student's to bring over their families to the UK.
Changes to rule for international students in full:
Removing the right for international students to bring dependants unless they are on postgraduate courses currently designated as research programmes
Removing the ability for international students to switch out of the student route into work routes before their studies have been completed
Reviewing the maintenance requirements for students and dependants
Steps to clamp down on unscrupulous education agents who may be supporting inappropriate applications to sell immigration not education
Better communicating immigration rules to the higher education sector and to international students
Improved and more targeted enforcement activity
Robert Oulds speaks to the BBC on the Government's plans to close the backdoor route into the UK used by foreign student's to bring over their families to the UK.
Changes to rule for international students in full:
Removing the right for international students to bring dependants unless they are on postgraduate courses currently designated as research programmes
Removing the ability for international students to switch out of the student route into work routes before their studies have been completed
Reviewing the maintenance requirements for students and dependants
Steps to clamp down on unscrupulous education agents who may be supporting inappropriate applications to sell immigration not education
Better communicating immigration rules to the higher education sector and to international students
Improved and more targeted enforcement activity
