Il est désormais possible pour les étudiants étrangers d’obtenir un visa pour venir étudier la langue française en France sans forcément avoir de projet d’études à l’issue de leur parcours de FLE. Plus...
Politique migratoire pour les étudiants
17 janvier 2020
Faciliter la délivrance des visas pour études
Higher education institutions’ responsibilities to students: Post-Study Work visa
The graduate route, more commonly referred to as the Post-Study Work visa allows international students who achieve a qualification at undergraduate level or above to remain in the UK for up to two years to seek or do work. It is proposed that this will apply to international students who complete their studies in the summer of 2021 and beyond. More...
15 janvier 2020
US: Chinese students trapped in visa limbo as applications delayed
By Kerrie Kennedy. At least 100 Chinese international students who visited their home country during a 2018 school break have not been able to return to their studies in the US due to their visa applications being caught up in lengthy delays and “administrative processing” by the US State Department. More...
South Korea tightens student visa rules
By Kerrie Kennedy. A rising number of overstaying international students in recent years has prompted South Korea’s government to tighten visa rules for applicants, beginning with Vietnamese students this month. More...
Germany: visa waiting times “discouraging and demotivating”
By Viggo Stacey. Prospective students seeking to study in Germany were affected by multi-month visa waiting times at embassies around the world in 2019, with students in India, Morocco and Cameroon being affected by waiting times up to one year. More...
Ghanaian students’ UK refusal rates highest in sub-Saharan Africa
By Viggo Stacey. Prospective students from Ghana applying for Tier 4 visas to study in the UK have seen a higher ratio of visa denials compared with other countries across sub-Saharan Africa, government statistics have revealed. More...
UK: reintroduction of PSW praised as gov’t reveals study visa growth
By Viggo Stacey. The number of UK Tier 4 sponsored study visas granted increased by 16% in 2019, with stakeholders welcoming the government figures as the “first good look” at this year’s recruitment and acknowledging the post-study work re-introduction for the positive figures. More...
Turkish students disappointed by UK visa denials
By Viggo Stacey. Earlier in 2019, The PIE reported that agency business directors said that some students were cancelling plans to travel to the UK due to inconsistencies in visa decisions made at British consulates in Turkey. More...
Russia: progress in teacher visa dispute
By Viggo Stacey. Following reports that the Anglo-American School of Moscow was to go without 30 incoming foreign teachers this month after Russian authorities rejected their visas, Russia’s foreign ministry has ‘softened’ its stance amid signs of thawing tensions between the two countries. More...
“Surprising” UK visa refusals turn Turkish students away from Britain
By Viggo Stacey. Education agencies in Turkey are reporting difficulties obtaining UK visas for their clients who want to study in the country, and blame inconsistencies in decision making at consulates in Turkey. More...
