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In what could be a setback to many Indian students aspiring to study in Britain, the UK Government has announced a major overhaul of the student visa system, tightening the entrance criteria and the post-study work route.
There will be restrictions on work placements on courses provided by non-university sponsors, Mr Chris Dix, Regional Director, UK Border Agency, today told reporters here, maintaining that new rules are to prevent abuse of the student visa route by unscrupulous agents.
Apart from ending the current system where graduates are able to do jobs of any level including unskilled work or no job at all for two years, the visa changes also include provision for work for students only from publicly funded universities and educational colleges while the remaining students would not have the right to do so.
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