Visas: Overseas Students
2026-05-12 · Home Office · 940 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk that increased student visa refusal rates may cause otherwise compliant sponsors to breach the 5% refusal threshold.
Answer
The tighter Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) metrics, set out in the Immigration White Paper on 12 May 2025, will come into effect in June. Metrics will not be changed according to fluctuations in student visa refusal rates, which vary over time due to c...