The UK Graduate Immigration Route for International Students

THE UK GRADUATE IMMIGRATION ROUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

The UK Government demonstrated its support and commitment towards the education sector for international students when it agreed to retain the brightest and the best international student to contribute to society through the new graduate immigration route.

This sets out an ambition to increase the number of international higher education students in the UK by 600,000 in the year 2030.

The new graduate immigration route which will be effective from the 1st of July, 2021 is to enable students who have completed their degree to live and work in the UK for as long as 3years. International students or prospective international students who have plans to study for a bachelor or a master’s degree program are eligible to stay back after graduation for 2 years, while PhD graduates are eligible to stay back for 3years.

During this period, a graduate can work in any sector and at any level without any minimum salary requirements or the need for visa sponsorship.

At the end of the post-study graduate immigration route, students are to leave the UK or apply for a different visa such as a Tier 2 General work Visa. This visa requires students to have an employment offer before application, with minimum skills and salary level. To attain the tier 2 visa, students are being advised to find good employment during their 2 or 3 years’ stay back after graduation.

CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GRADUATE IMMIGRATION ROUTE VISA.

The Graduate Route will be available to students who graduate with a valid visa (Tier 4 or Student Route) on or after 1 July 2021.
Students will be required to apply for the graduate immigration route visa inside the UK.
Students should be aware of how long their visa lasts by checking their CAS (confirmation of acceptance for studies) for the application process.
Students will be required to pay a visa fee of £700 and an immigration health surcharge at a full rate of £624 per year

THE UK GRADUATE IMMIGRATION ROUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS STUDYING REMOTELY.

The government recognizes the students who are studying remotely due to the pandemic and has put in place the following conditions for such students to follow, to enable them eligible for the graduate immigration route.

Students taking a 12 months course or less that started in the year 2020 and have not travelled to the UK to study that course are expected to arrive in the UK by 21st of June, 2021.
Stay at home students taking 12 months course or less which started in the year 2021 and have not travelled to the UK to study that course are expected to arrive in the UK by the 27th of September, 2021.
Students taking 12 months course or less which started in 2020 or 2021 and have already travelled to the Uk during their current Tier 4/ students visa but are currently studying remotely, will need to return to the UK by the end date of their course.
students taking a course longer than 12 months are expected to return to the UK in time to apply for the new graduate route by the expiry of their current Tier 4/Student visa.

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