Close to 500,000 sponsored UK study visas were granted to main applicants in the year to June 2023, equivalent to a rise of 23% on the previous year, with Indians accounting for almost a third.
Almost 154,000 of all sponsored study related visas were granted to students’ dependants, the statistics from the Home Office, released today, also show.
From January 2024, masters students on taught courses in the UK will no longer be permitted to bring dependants with them.
Undergraduates had not previously been allowed to bring family members with them. Students on postgraduate research courses will continue to be permitted to bring dependants after 2024.
