The UK has seen a rise in student visa risk factors such as fraudulent documents and issues surrounding English proficiency, despite being a generally compliant route, according to UKVI.
“With the rise in overall application volumes that we’ve seen coming in we have seen a slight increase in the volume of forged documentation provided and from particular nationalities as well, particularly around bank statements” said Oliver Rae, deputy director, study operations, UKVI.
Rae did not specify which nationalities have had an increase in such risk factors.
According to Rae, UKVI is working to eliminate fraudulent documents, which includes bank statements and educational certificates, as well as working with sponsors that may have either been targeted or have seen an increase in a particular type of risk.
