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<p> </p><p>The available information relates to Tier 2 General grants of an extension
of <br>stay in the UK to people who were previously students and is given in the table
<br>below:<br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td
colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Broad previous
category</td><td>PBS - Tier 2 Sponsored with a job General</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>Study</td><td>2,538</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Study</td><td>4,108</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Source: Extensions data table expc_01_w <em>Immigration
Statistics April-June 2014</em></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Table notes</strong></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">1.
Data for 2013 are provisional figures.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2.
Excludes EEA and Swiss nationals.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>3. Includes reconsideration cases and the outcome of appeals.</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>The
Home Office publishes annual statistics on grants of an extension by <br>previous
category in tables expc_01 to expc_01_o within the ‘Immigration <br>Statistics’ release.</p><p>
</p><p><br>A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration Statistics April - June 2014’
is <br>available from the Library of the House and from: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br>stics-quarterly-release.<br><br>Information
on the previous immigration status of those issued an entry <br>clearance visa (applications
made outside the UK) is not available.</p><p> </p>
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