International update:
The UK has opened a new visa application centre in Beijing, China in order to provide a better service for the ever increasing demands from Chinese nationals travelling to the UK. More Chinese nationals are opting to travel overseas and figures appear to be doubling since last year.
However, thousands of Chinese students currently studying in the UK are concerned about the increasing restrictions on Tier applications and in particular, on Tier 1 general and Post study work visas. As the UK Government continues to tighten visa requirements, the number of migrants will no doubt fall.
English language requirements for many migrants have been raised from level B1 to level B2. The Government intends to attract students who intend to follow their course of study and then leave the UK, not those who come to the UK with an intention of settling here permanently. The new restrictions mean that those taking language courses or those migrants studying below bachelor level may have to leave the UK at the end of their leave.
22nd December 2010