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1467410

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to determine the universities at which attendance makes a person eligible for the High Potential Individual Visa scheme; and for what reason (a) there is not a university that has its main base in Africa on that list and (b) she did not take steps to ensure an equitable distribution of universities across continents.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	11859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The High Potential Individual route provides a short-term opportunity for talented international graduates to work or look for work in the UK as they start their careers.</p><p>By concentrating on graduates from select international universities, we will ensure the calibre of applicants remains high. Research has shown graduates from universities ranked in the top 50 of established international rankings are more likely to occupy higher paid roles and to find work easily.</p><p>Individuals who have graduated from other international institutions, and those who have no formal qualifications but have job offers in eligible occupations, continue to be able to come to the UK to work through other routes such as the Skilled Worker route.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 11861 question first answered 09/06/2022 12:45:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1488888

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that international student visas are issued in time for the start of the upcoming university term.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	35980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK continues to be a world leader for international education, the number of international higher education students in the UK is currently over 600,000 a year.</p><p>As part of our regular planning, we have analysed the expected demand and resource needed for the summer period. We commenced training additional staff from the beginning of May, and this will continue throughout June and July, to ensure we have enough staff in place. We are also working with our commercial suppliers to ensure they have capacity to meet the student demand as we approach the summer peak.</p><p>We have closely engaged with the education sector on our plans, and to reinforce the part they play in ensuring sponsorship certificates are issued by them in good time before a course is due to start. We have also communicated with the education sector to encourage students to apply as soon as they canand to ensure they supply all the necessary documents to prevent delays.</p><p>Students applying for their initial Student visa to come to the UK can apply up to 6 months before the start of the course and we encourage them to apply as early as possible</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/07/2022 13:30:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1522817

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recipients of international student visas are accompanied by (a) five and (b) six dependents.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	64270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes 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>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2022 17:05:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 27420 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1536748

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 64270 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department holds data on the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by (a) five and (b) six dependents; what steps her Department is taking to monitor this information; and what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department's monitoring processes of this information.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	73114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly reviews available data to inform operational processes and policies.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes, including overall volumes of dependants for each route 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>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/11/2022 11:21:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1539467

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 73114 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department records the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by five and six dependents.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	79326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes 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>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/11/2022 17:07:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1540726

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of authorised work hours for student visas.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	82394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Student route is for international students who wish to study in the UK and is not designed as a means to live and work in the UK.</p><p>Student visa holders who are studying a full-time course of study, at degree level or above, at a higher education provider with a track record of compliance are already able to work up to 20 hours per week during term-time and full-time during vacation periods.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/11/2022 11:57:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1543614

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 79326 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department holds any data on the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by five or six dependents.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	90860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes 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></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/11/2022 12:00:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1546848

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 90860 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department holds data it will not publish on the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by five or six dependents for the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	99944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>As part of the visa application process the Home Office records the details of the sponsored migrant a dependant is travelling with or joining.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 16:40:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1564453

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the rules on graduate visas in instances where international students are unable to apply for a new visa before their current one expires due to extenuating circumstances.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	117792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Graduates must have successfully completed a degree, or other eligible qualification, at undergraduate level or above whilst sponsored by a higher education provider (HEP) with a track record of compliance. They must be in the UK at the time of their application and have existing valid permission as a student. Student permission already includes post study period of up to 4 months from end date of course. The length of the post study period is determined by the duration and level of study.</p><p>These requirements determine the window of opportunity for making a successful Graduate application. The Graduate route provides an opportunity for international students who have been awarded their degree to stay in the UK and work, or look for work, at any skill level for 2 years, or 3 years for doctoral students, therefore only those with valid Student permission who are in the UK at the time of application are eligible. Exceptional circumstances which prevent someone from meeting these requirements will be considered by decision making teams on a case by case basis.</p><p>Though we have no current plans to alter these requirements, the Government keeps all immigration routes under review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/01/2023 17:32:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1607920

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to add the Maldives to the differential evidence requirement list for UK Student Visas..
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	174243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the differentiated nationals list under review, based on an assessment of objective data, and does not undertake reviews on request or disclose any detail related to the process.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/04/2023 09:40:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell