Visas: Overseas Students
2026-05-12 · Home Office · 944 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the interaction between student visa policy and the financial sustainability of higher education institutions.
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...