Tens of thousands of Chinese students in UK could be forced out of the
country if a basket of strict visa policies takes effect next year.
The
UK`s Home Office intends to tighten visa regulations for
international students to reduce the country`s annual net migration
and cope with high domestic unemployment.
The Home Office has posted a consultation on its website to seek public opinion about the proposal until Jan 31, 2011.
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regulations would cancel the Post Study Work (PSW) policy, which
grants foreign graduates of specified courses up to two years of free
access to the labor market.
It also raises the English-language requirement for many foreign applicants from level B1 to B2.
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B1 is equivalent to an International English Language Testing System
(IELTS) score of 3.5 to 4.5, while B2 is equivalent to an IELTS score
between 5 and 6.5.
"There is concern that the UK is attracting
students who aren`t always the brightest and the best in recent years.
The government wants to ensure that those who enter on a student visa
come here to study,
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not to work or with a view to settling here." the Home Office said on
its website.The Home Office said too many students, and especially
those studying at private colleges at non-degree levels, are not in
compliance with their visa terms.
So the office must take action to weed out abuse of the student system, it said.
The British embassy in Beijing`s press officer David Shaw said that no decision has been finalized.
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British government is still undertaking its eight-week consultation
on PSW and other elements of the document. However, British media
expected the proposal will not face many obstacles.
Reports said more detailed rules would be released in January.
If
the policies were adopted, at least 20,000 Chinese students may have
to leave the UK in coming months as their visas expire, according to
sources from the British Council in China.
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85,000 Chinese are in Britain on student visas. About 20,000 are
taking language classes or other courses beneath the bachelor-degree
level.
"Many of my Chinese friends in Cardiff are packing and
getting ready to return to China," said 24-year-old Lian Chen, who
recently returned to Beijing from the UK upon finishing his
post-graduate studies."Some have studied and worked in the UK for about
10 years, waiting for the opportunity to settle there.
buy runescape goldI looked for jobs but the proposed policies changed my plan to develop a career there."
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