Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered on 11 July 2023.
Neil Coyle
Labour, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure Afghan Chevening scholars are not forced to leave the UK to go to third countries where they either have (a) no visa or (b) a temporary visa.
Neil Coyle
Labour, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps ensure that Afghan Chevening scholars are not forced to live in refugee camps in other countries after their UK visas expire.
Neil Coyle
Labour, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the criteria for granting indefinite leave to remain to the Afghan Chevening scholar cohort have changed since 2022.
Leo Docherty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Chevening awards were offered to Afghans resident in third countries for 2022-23.
The FCDO will provide a letter of consent to current scholars whose visas in other countries have expired or will expire, allowing them to apply for another UK visa, exempting them from the normal requirement to leave the UK on completion of study, given the situation in Afghanistan.
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