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date	17/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 potential merits of increasing flexibility on when and where overseas students can (a) apply for their visa to study in the UK and (b) take their English language tests.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	76086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>From October students will be able to apply for a visa up to six months in advance of the course start date listed on their Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies. This is an extension on the current period of three months.</p><p>Students who require a Secure English Language Test (SELT) must obtain a SELT from an approved provider. A SELT test can be obtained from any of the test centres listed in the below list of approved test centres:-https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests</p><p>Higher Education Providers (HEP) with a track record of compliance are able to self-assess the English ability of their students at degree level or above. As part of the Covid-19 concessions, we extended this to also permit HEPs to self-assess the English ability of students on pre-sessional courses.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 76087 question first answered 28/07/2020 08:11:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1226007

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
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 potential merits of extending flexibilities on English language tests to students on pre-degree further education courses to encourage student visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	76087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>From October students will be able to apply for a visa up to six months in advance of the course start date listed on their Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies. This is an extension on the current period of three months.</p><p>Students who require a Secure English Language Test (SELT) must obtain a SELT from an approved provider. A SELT test can be obtained from any of the test centres listed in the below list of approved test centres:-https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests</p><p>Higher Education Providers (HEP) with a track record of compliance are able to self-assess the English ability of their students at degree level or above. As part of the Covid-19 concessions, we extended this to also permit HEPs to self-assess the English ability of students on pre-sessional courses.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 76086 question first answered 28/07/2020 08:11:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse