Visas: Overseas Students
Commons · Question 119813 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of student visas
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 17 Mar 2026
The visa brake will be kept under regular review and is not intended to be permanent; it will only be lifted when the Government considers it appropriate to do so. Since 2021, there have been over 5,300 asylum claims from nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroo...