Home Department written question – answered at on 22 February 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the likely effects on student visitors of implementing the changes proposed in the recent review of Tier 4 of the points-based immigration system.
As a result of the changes we are implementing following the review of tier 4, the student tier of the points based system, we expect there to be an increase in the number of student visitor applications, as genuine students wishing to follow lower level courses no longer permitted under tier 4 will be permitted to use the student visitor route instead.
The student visitor category is for short-term, temporary visitors to the UK who intend to complete a course of study in the UK within six months. In order to be eligible, all those seeking entry under this category must have a place on a course of study offered by an education provider which either has a tier 4 sponsor licence, or which is subject to public inspection, or which is accredited by one of the UK Border Agency's approved accreditation bodies.
Student visitors cannot follow a course that contains a work placement, and they are prohibited from taking employment in the UK.
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