Nearly 154,000 of all sponsored research associated visas have been granted to college students’ dependants, the statistics from the House Workplace, launched right now, additionally present.

From January 2024, masters college students on taught programs within the UK will now not be permitted to carry dependants with them.

Undergraduates had not beforehand been allowed to carry members of the family with them. College students on postgraduate analysis programs will proceed to be permitted to carry dependants after 2024.

The 498,626 sponsored research visas granted to college students within the yr ending June 2023 is a 108% enhance on the pre-Covid figures, within the yr ending June 2019.

Sector stakeholders can be anticipating what the figures in Q3 of 2023 present when they’re launched later this yr on November 23. Q3 is historically when most potential college students apply for visas wanted to enrol in universities within the UK.

Non-EEA college students are behind the rise in research visas granted, rising by 24% up to now yr. EU college students “remained secure” based on the House Workplace evaluation, falling barely by 1%.

A complete of 142,848 sponsored research visas have been granted to Indians, an enhance of 49,883 (+54%) in comparison with the yr ending June 2022. The House Workplace famous that grants to Indians is now round seven instances greater than the yr ending June 2019.

Visas for Chinese language college students have dropped by 6% from June 2022, with 107,670 visas granted within the yr to June 2023. Collectively, Chinese language and Indian nationals accounted for half of all sponsored research visas.

Nigeria, Pakistan and the US made up the highest 5 nationalities granted sponsored research visas. Visa grants to Nigerians is up 73% up to now yr to June, reaching a complete of 58,680.

Among the many sponsored visa grants to college students from the EEA, Germany accounted for 18%, with 4,373 granted, adopted by France with 4,286 (additionally 18%) and Spain with 3,380 (14%).

The statistics additionally reveal {that a} whole of 98,394 Graduate route extensions have been granted within the yr to June, with Indians accounting for over two-fifths (42%). Earlier evaluation confirmed that 20% of scholars whose depart expired in 2022 switched to the Graduate route following their research.