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date	18/01/2022
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 recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of bringing the length of the visit period for international exchange students who are visiting the UK on a visitor visa in line with that of academics visiting the UK on an academic visitor visa.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	106748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>Under the new simplified immigration rules which came into effect on 1 December 2020, study for up to six months at an accredited institution is permitted under the visitor route.</p><p>The visitor route is for a person who wants to come to the UK for a temporary period, usually up to 6 months.</p><p>Visitors may also learn about and undertake research as part of a course they are studying overseas.</p><p>There are no plans to allow visitors to study for more than six months.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 106749 106750 106751 question first answered 26/01/2022 17:06:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

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registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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 Home Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a longer term study visa to make the UK more attractive to international students.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	133133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has already announced the launch of the Graduate route in Summer 2021 which will enhance our offer to international students.</p><p>Students undertaking a degree at undergraduate level or above at a Higher Education Provider with a track record of compliance will be able to stay and work or look for work for two years (three years for PhD students) after successfully completing their course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/01/2021 15:12:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy