Student visa rule changes upset Oz research institutes

Last Updated: Friday, September 10, 2010, 14:24

International education sector is Australia`s third-largest export industry.

UK to launch crackdown on student visas

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 00:55

The David Cameron government is expected to announce a new crackdown on non-EU students.

UK MPs seek scrapping of new student visa rules

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 18:29

British MPs have asked the government to scrap the new immigration rules that make it mandatory for students from India and other non-EU countries to have an intermediate level of English before coming to the UK.

UK hikes student visa fees, introduces new dependent visa

Last Updated: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 17:04

Britain on Thursday announced a steep hike of 54 pounds in the student visa fee and introduced a new category of `dependent relative` visa as a part of its effort to attract visitors who can "make a valued contribution".

In touch with UK mission on student visa issue: India

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 21:25

Terming educational cooperation as an "important facet" of Indo-UK ties, government on Tuesday said it was in touch with diplomatic mission of Britain to "better understand the reasons" for the temporary freeze on student visas.

UK student visa freeze: Govt to try to help students

Last Updated: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 23:34

The Indian government on Sunday said it will try to help UK visa-seeking students hit by Britain`s freeze on their applications at three centres in the northern region.

UK suspends accepting student visa applications in N-India

Last Updated: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 18:29

Facing an unprecedented increase in the number of student visa-seekers from north India, Britain has temporarily suspended accepting such applications as it suspects that there may be attempts to abuse the system.

Tharoor for liberalising student visa

Last Updated: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 19:44

Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Saturday favoured liberalisation of the visa system to attract more foreign students, but said security issues contributed to making the regime restrictive.