Sad News For Nigerians That Want To Work in The UK With Student Visa

Tory led UK government will force foreign
students to leave Britain once their courses end...
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UK Daily Mail reports
Foreign students are to be banned from working
in Britain under a fresh crackdown on immigration
ordered by Home Secretary Theresa May.

When courses finish they will have to leave the
country before reapplying to return for a job.
Ministers say the new rules, which will apply to
all those from outside the European Union, will
stop colleges being used as a 'back door to a
British work visa'.
Official figures show that 121,000 non-EU
students entered the UK in the 12 months to June
last year, but only 51,000 left – a net influx of
70,000.
The government estimates that the number of
foreign students coming to the UK will rise by
more than 6 per cent a year up to 2020. Home
Secretary Theresa May has taken action against
870 bogus colleges, banning them from taking
foreign students.
But the Conservatives have vowed to go further,
without the Lib Dems in power to force the rules
to be watered down.
They want to stop student visas being used as an
easy way to enter the UK before getting a job and
claiming benefits.
Under the new rules, non-EU students will be
denied the right to work while in the UK and will
not be able to apply for a visa extension when
their course finishes.
Students will have to leave the country before
applying to return under a work visa.
The length of stay is also expected to be cut to
two years when the plans are unveiled this week.
Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said it
was 'part of our plan to control immigration for
the benefit of Britain'.
'Immigration offenders want to sell illegal access
to the UK jobs market and there are plenty of
people willing to buy.
'Hard-working taxpayers who are helping to pay
for publicly funded colleges expect them to be
providing topclass education, not a back door to
a British work visa.'
Business Secretary Sajid Javid signalled on Friday
that the govermment would stop the education
system being abused by immigrants.
He said: 'What we need to make sure – and we
do have this – is that our immigration system
allows those from abroad that want to come to
Britain to study in our world-class universities,
our fantastic colleges to come here,' he told the
Today programme.
'But we've also got to have a system that
doesn't allow any abuse when people are using
the right to study as a way to achieve settlement
in Britain.
'So we've got to break the link and make sure
it's focused on people who want to study and
then, once they've had their studies and
completed that, then they leave.'
But universities have warned that any clampdown
could damage the sector and business leaders are
also wary of the move, warning it could rob
Britain of vital skills.
Seamus Nevin, head of employment and skills at
the Institute of Directors, said: 'The Business
Secretary's proposals to eject foreign students
after graduation are misguided and would damage
the British education system, our economy and
global influence.
'Britain already makes it difficult and artificially
expensive for international students to enter and
stay, and now these proposals would eject them
ignominiously when their studies are finished.
'Restricting talented workers from staying on in
the UK would damage business and lead to a loss
of important skills.
'Shutting the door to highly-trained international
graduates at a time when our economy needs
them most would be hugely damaging for UK
businesses.
'In the interests our education sector, our
businesses, and our international standing, the
Business Secretary should reconsider this
proposal.