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1418927

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the rates of fraud relating to the demonstration of proof of funds in international student visa applications, and (2) of the reported prevalence of fraudulent practices by rogue agents providing funds on a short-term basis, in order to assist students to meet the finance expectations and recycling the same funding to assist multiple students.
	tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	uin	HL5846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government wishes to attract international students to study in the UK as they enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally.</p><p> </p><p>The Student Route has robust safeguards to prevent the types of historic immigration abuse seen a decade ago on the previous Tier 4 route, with international students now being a highly compliant cohort.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI decision-makers can carry out verification checks on documents submitted with an application and may interview applicants to assess their credibility and intentions. Anyone who has used false documents, misrepresented their personal circumstances or practiced deception by any other means, will have their application refused and may face a ban on making further applications for up to 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>All policy, including around financial and credibility requirements, is kept under review. UKVI also carry out a range of activities to assist sponsors in maintaining the integrity of the route, allowing them to identify possible risks and establish best practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5847 HL5848 question first answered 15/02/2022 15:14:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1418928

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of whether elements of Canada's Student Direct Scheme, including proof of funds and deposit requirements, would improve the integrity of the UK visa system for international students.
	tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	uin	HL5847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government wishes to attract international students to study in the UK as they enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally.</p><p> </p><p>The Student Route has robust safeguards to prevent the types of historic immigration abuse seen a decade ago on the previous Tier 4 route, with international students now being a highly compliant cohort.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI decision-makers can carry out verification checks on documents submitted with an application and may interview applicants to assess their credibility and intentions. Anyone who has used false documents, misrepresented their personal circumstances or practiced deception by any other means, will have their application refused and may face a ban on making further applications for up to 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>All policy, including around financial and credibility requirements, is kept under review. UKVI also carry out a range of activities to assist sponsors in maintaining the integrity of the route, allowing them to identify possible risks and establish best practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5846 HL5848 question first answered 15/02/2022 15:14:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1418929

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist universities in identifying (1) where in-country recruitment agents are failing to detect fraud, or (2) where agents are themselves engaged in malpractices, by publishing visa refusal rates by recruitment agent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	uin	HL5848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government wishes to attract international students to study in the UK as they enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally.</p><p> </p><p>The Student Route has robust safeguards to prevent the types of historic immigration abuse seen a decade ago on the previous Tier 4 route, with international students now being a highly compliant cohort.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI decision-makers can carry out verification checks on documents submitted with an application and may interview applicants to assess their credibility and intentions. Anyone who has used false documents, misrepresented their personal circumstances or practiced deception by any other means, will have their application refused and may face a ban on making further applications for up to 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>All policy, including around financial and credibility requirements, is kept under review. UKVI also carry out a range of activities to assist sponsors in maintaining the integrity of the route, allowing them to identify possible risks and establish best practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5846 HL5847 question first answered 15/02/2022 15:14:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1520208

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how long is the current average international student visa processing time by nationality of applicant.
	tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	uin	HL2418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Home Office Migration Statistics do not publish service standard information by nationality of applicant. Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</a>. (Annex A)</p><p>Information on our current processing times can be found on Gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2419 question first answered 24/10/2022 11:48:59 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name Annex A - UKVI VC Transparency.xlsx title Annex A
	tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1520209

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of international student visas are being processed within the service standard for decision-making.
	tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	uin	HL2419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Home Office Migration Statistics do not publish service standard information by nationality of applicant. Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</a>. (Annex A)</p><p>Information on our current processing times can be found on Gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2418 question first answered 24/10/2022 11:48:59 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name Annex A - UKVI VC Transparency.xlsx title Annex A
	tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1643201

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 25 May (HL Deb, col 1063), what plans they have to reform the application process for student visas for British Overseas Territory passport holders.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	uin	HL8351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>While a British Overseas Territory (BOT) passport holder is not automatically a British Citizen, a person who is both a British citizen and British overseas territories citizen will have the right of abode in the UK, and so will not need to apply for a visa to study here. However, they may need to show that they are a British citizen, and so may wish to apply for a British citizen passport or certificate of entitlement to the right of abode. British overseas citizens who are not also British citizens will need to apply for a visa.</p><p>BOT citizens who are not eligible for British citizenship can apply for a student visa online, which requires biometrics to be provided.</p><p>Biometric enrolment services for those who hold a BOT passport and who wish to make a UK visa application are available in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, St Helena and, for those in the Sovereign Base areas of Akrotiri or Dhekelia, via Nicosia.</p><p>It would not be commercially viable to operate a visa application centre or temporary biometrics enrolment service in the remaining BOTs due to the small volume of customers and/or remote locations of these territories. This may mean travelling to a nearby location.</p><p>As part of our Future Borders and Immigration System programme, we continue to roll out digitisation of all our application processes, which in future will minimise the requirement to attend visa application centres.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 21/06/2023 16:43:02 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

1684994

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of those issued student visas in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, (5) 2022, and (6) 2023, who (a) remain in the UK today, and (b) are expected to remain in the UK five years after their visa was first issued.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
	uin	HL1905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people starting a journey each year broken down by immigration route (e.g. study) and applicant type (e.g. dependant), and how long they continued to hold leave to remain in the UK. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022 and shows that for those who started their journey on a Study visa in 2017, 20% of main applicants and 26% of dependants held valid leave five years later. The report looks at periods when people held valid leave which does not necessarily mean they were in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1906 question first answered 07/02/2024 12:16:40 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1684995

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of those issued a visa as a dependent of a student in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, (5) 2022, and (6) 2023, who (a) remain in the UK today, and (b) are expected to remain in the UK five years after their visa was first issued.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
	uin	HL1906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people starting a journey each year broken down by immigration route (e.g. study) and applicant type (e.g. dependant), and how long they continued to hold leave to remain in the UK. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022 and shows that for those who started their journey on a Study visa in 2017, 20% of main applicants and 26% of dependants held valid leave five years later. The report looks at periods when people held valid leave which does not necessarily mean they were in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1905 question first answered 07/02/2024 12:16:40 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1685220

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of adult dependents of those on student visas who are in work.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
	uin	HL1950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment for the EU Withdrawal Bill estimated that of those non-EEA migrants that arrived in or after 2013 and who came to accompany and join, 41% were in employment.</p><p>The Home Office continues to review the evidence around employment of dependants.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 07/02/2024 16:41:47 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1685712

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) economic, and (2) fiscal impact, of the dependents of those on student visas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
	uin	HL2015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>Last year as part of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules published by the department on 17 July, an Impact Assessment was prepared setting out the impact from these Immigration Rules changes. This included analysis on student visas and net migration.</p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment is subject to final departmental clearances and will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2016 question first answered 12/02/2024 16:06:57 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie