Visas: Overseas Students
Lords · Question HL15239 · Tabled 5 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Hamwee
To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of their decision to end study visas from certain countries, what consideration they have given to excepting from those restrictions, students at British international schools.
Answer
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint, 19 Mar 2026
The decision to introduce a visa brake on the Student visa route for these nationalities was based on data-driven migration and border security considerations. While we recognise that most people who apply to study in the UK do so genuinely, the evidence ...