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British Home Secretary Alan Johnson, 7, said the government will raise standards for the issuance of student visas to reduce the number of student visas this year. Johnson said the entry of foreigners in the United Kingdom nearly a third of a student visa, to implement the new policy is to prevent “false students” mixed one.
According to reports, the new policy will include the following points: first, went to study in Britain, non-EU students will need to have a higher than previously English (forums) level; second, studying at the undergraduate degree courses for foreign students in the following week weeks to work part time from the current 20 hours to less than 10 hours; third, to study for 6 months following short-term courses for foreign students can not bring their families; fourth enrolled in undergraduate degree courses in the following foreign students, their families can not be in the United Kingdom工作.
Johnson said that these measures do not require new legislation, will be effective immediately. British Embassy press officer Su Berry In an interview with newspaper reporters, said the British authorities this week announced three specific measures.
■ crack down on illegal workers
Prevent terrorists
Johnson did not disclose to reduce the number of student visas, but he said the introduction of new measures will take in order to come to England to learn the name of people who work in the door but really want to come to England to study the students are still welcome.
British media that, in addition to holding a student visa in order to combat illegal work actions, this tightening of student visa there is an important objective is to prevent Islamic extremists to enter the UK under the guise of learning.
It is reported that in December last year, took place in the Netherlands, American Airlines plane attempted terrorist attack incident, prosecution of terrorist attacks and al-Qaeda suspects claiming to be a close link exists, he was confirmed to have to study in London. In addition, the British police in April last year, in an anti-terrorism operation to arrest 11 Pakistanis, 10 of whom hold a student visa. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown described the incident as “a very big terrorist plot.”
United Kingdom Border Agency January 31 announced the suspension of acceptance from India, Nepal and Bangladesh’s student visa application, but the reasons given was “recently on a student visa to enter the number of people in Britain soared.”
■ there are loopholes in the existing system
Breeding ground for fake fake school students in
Since last year, the United Kingdom issued a series of new policies on student visas. By the end of March 2009, the United Kingdom Border Agency website announced scoring system for a student visa to take a scale of 40 points, only to score standards, applicants are eligible to apply for a visa, once submitted false material may not be in 10 years to obtain a visa.
However, according to the British Home Office has recently written a report, such a system could not prevent the false entry students. Reported that the immigration review system in the past that have been refused entry under the pseudo-students, even if the customs officials are now convinced that they are false, still be able to enter. According to regulations, by the British educational institution admissions of foreign students upon entry, unless the customs officials to the spot found or fake documents to prove that they held, or can not refuse them entry. Reported that the terrorists and extremists can take advantage of loopholes in the points system to enter Britain.
British opposition Conservative Party criticized the student visa policy is too loose, allowing a large number of non-standard schools to provide false student visas, resulting in thousands of fake students. It is reported that the British Government has shut down 200 “pseudo-schools”, they are a way of admitting students to help foreigners to obtain British visas.
In order to combat “false” behavior, the United Kingdom announced that from February 22 onwards for a student visa will be the use of electronic admission notice, instead of a visa a letter to schools.
■ United Kingdom immigration problems
Will be fully tightened immigration policy
British Home Secretary, said Johnson, to tighten the students a broader tightening of policy is part of UK visas.
For many years the British Government to adopt an open policy to foreign immigration. But with the economic downturn, triggered migration away local jobs and bring about social issues. Large number of immigrants to Britain’s population increased rapidly, increased government spending, but also intensified the pressure on the inadequate public facilities.
Last year, by the end of November, the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans to tighten immigration policy, will reduce imported from countries outside the European Union skilled migrants, said it would consider tightening of visas issued to foreign students, especially those studying in the short-term and lower-level courses of students.
In addition, the British opposition Conservative Party, also said that if the ruling will be strict control student visa, issued during the period including the prohibition of foreign students studying in turn professional, and can not find work in the UK and other measures.
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British universities to improve the threshold
British “Sunday Times” reported on the 7th, Cambridge, Nottingham University, University of Newcastle, York University and other well-known universities modified the high school proficiency test performance requirements of some courses, higher than they had previously published on the website in their respective levels.
For example, the York University increase of philosophy, political science and economics school performance requirements, from the previous AAB raised to AAA. University of Cambridge School of raising a number of performance requirements of economics and computer science, University of Nottingham, although not open “action”, but privately to make changes.
Some secondary schools felt that this approach is unfair to increase the enrollment threshold of these universities, secondary school graduates is at the application stage. University and to increase the enrollment threshold, thousands of secondary school graduates may be excluded.
Interpretation
The new policy for Chinese students
What is affected?
Experts believe that the UK visa system introduced last year, scoring since the surge in the number of student visa applications, allowing illegal workers and part of the terrorists an opportunity, then progressively tightened visa policy, just to play the “fake”, not aimed at a certain a region, students, Chinese students should not feel nervous.
Implementation of new policies such as English language requirements was raised, part of the basis for the poor students in China more difficult, but objectively, urged the students to do well in the domestic language preparation will help to better adapt to foreign learning experience. “For the foundation, better material well-prepared students, this policy adjustment will not have much impact.”
The British Government introduced a new policy, there will be a period of adaptation period between the announcement and entry into force for some time. Study in China in preparing for UK students, regardless of policy, how to adjust, the most fundamental is to IELTS, and other hardware conditions for application materials ready.
According to the British Embassy web site the latest news release go to the number of Chinese students studying in the UK is increasing. March 2009 implementing a points system for visa, Chinese visa student success rate of 92%. Only in April 2009 to September, there are 32854 Chinese citizens to obtain a student visa.
Posted February 9th, 2010
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