PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Visas: Overseas Students (11 October 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria for inclusion in the limited post-study work visa pilot were; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)
Answer
The Tier 4 visa pilot has been introduced to test the benefits of a differentiated approach within the education sector on the basis of compliance with immigration sponsorship requirements.
The four universities chosen to participate in the Tier 4 visa pilot, namely the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bath and Imperial College London, were chosen on the basis of their consistently low visa refusal rates.
Answered by:
Sir Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
17 October 2016
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