A rumoured move to reduce post-study work visas for international students to six months would have a “significant negative” financial impact on the UK, it has been warned.
Proposals from home secretary Suella Braverman to reform the graduate visa route would also limit the overseas students allowed to bring dependants with them to those on postgraduate courses that are research-based or at least two years’ long, The Times reported.
The newspaper said that plans to cut the length of post-study work visas, which currently last two years in most cases, were being “strongly opposed” by the Department for Education. They have also been criticised by sector leaders.
