International students are missing the start of their academic courses and placements in the UK due to visa processing delays.
Abiodun, an international student from Nigeria, holds an unconditional offer to study postgraduate International Business at the University of Chester. The course was due to start on May 2 and Abiodun applied for his visa on April 11.
The UK government website advises overseas students that they will normally receive a visa decision within three weeks, but Abiodun (who does not wish to publish his last name) has now been waiting for five weeks.
He described the wait as “torturing”, saying that “it seems like we are on our own and can do nothing about the situation”.
