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Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by aloyemeka1: 2:48am On Mar 25, 2011 |
[size=14pt]UK to cut student visas to Nigerians, others[/size] Agency reporter The number of non-European Union students coming into the United Kingdom for studies is to be cut by 25 per cent, a government minister has said. http://odili.net/news/source/2011/mar/24/809.html Europe correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that British Home Secretary Theresa May, revealed the plan in a statement to the parliament on Wednesday in London. The statement said there would also be tougher English Language competence requirements, restrictions on dependants, curbs on post study work and new vetting for colleges. "Only the brightest and best should come to the UK. "The package will stop bogus students, studying meaningless courses at fake colleges. "It will protect our world-class institutions; stop the abuse that became all too common under Labour and it will restore some sanity to our student visa system,'' it added. According to the statement students studying in private institutions would be barred from working during term-time and only foreign students with a job offer would be able to stay in the UK after graduation. The statement said those already in the UK who had permission to stay because they applied to the colleges, would also be affected by the new policy. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by aloyemeka1: 10:24am On Mar 25, 2011 |
Do they do these visas by quota? |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by 2muchlogic(m): 11:23am On Mar 25, 2011 |
Good news! hopefully, this will be the impetus the government needs to develop the Nigerian educational system. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by abes(m): 11:34am On Mar 25, 2011 |
2muchlogic: which government? do you think the cut will affect their children? |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by AS7(m): 11:47am On Mar 25, 2011 |
They shuld av even cut it to 0%, ,i no blame them. If not for our own waka waka. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by Nobody: 11:52am On Mar 25, 2011 |
I think this is a bright suggestion and idea, The rate @ which Nigerians travel over there 4 their Uni and masters education is getting alarming, |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by omo9ja1(m): 12:16pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
I think that will affect UK economy because international student contribute about £5bn to UK economy |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by DBestDoc(f): 1:01pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
I dont blame them .It's their country and they ve the right to put whatever LAW they want.I only BLAME our Nigerian leaders that have so abandoned the EDUCATION sector because of their hignly CORRUPT and GREEDY agenda.Meanwhile all there CHILDREN are studying in the best UNIs abroad useless people. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by DBestDoc(f): 1:08pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
@ijogz k Ma bros i no no wetin u dey talk about.Cos i for one can never consider studying in naija, talk more of enrolling ma kids in naija skls.sorry no offense meant.Cos naija edu system is not impressive @ all. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by naijasing(f): 1:15pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
good |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by DeeJay20: 1:18pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
Naija student will just deviate to Canada/Australia, lol! |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by naijasing(f): 1:28pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
good |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by snowdrops(m): 2:07pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
this is old news. anyway its part of the coalition governments plan to cut non-eu immigration to the UK to less than 100,000 per year within the next for years. so people brace yourselves for more immigration cuts |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by phantom23: 2:14pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
"Only the brightest and best should come to the UK". Brain drain. When is Nigeria going to wake up? Do i not sense that our liberation can only come through a revolution? An arab style protest, (with guns and rockets), with the full support of the 'Coha-bitation' forces plus Nato and UN resolutions in order? whoops!!! The law isn't good enough. It should be brought down to 0%. Let's see who loses. Meanwhile as Naijan would say, one door closes, another open. Our young brains would divert to another country. Mid east or asia. Shame God save Nigeria!!! |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by snowdrops(m): 2:20pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
if not for our useless leaders why should we be leaving our dear country to a foreign land and endure all the challenges? people mainly travelled for business or pleasure before nigeria started backsliding. oh, those were the days |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by AjanleKoko: 2:41pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
aloy/emeka: If this is what they're quoting as the reason, it sounds rather dumb. How will cutting down on student visas protect their 'world-class' institutions? Are the institutions offering free tuition and board, or don't they have admission criteria? WRT the dig at 'bogus students'. Didn't they accredit these courses at these so-called 'fake colleges'? Or do the entry clearance officers not run checks on visa applications, to know which is to a bogus college and which is not? Sounds rather fishy. I doubt the minister actually said that. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by harpo(m): 2:56pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
GEJ pls be a smart man and help do some change in Naija no matter how small even if na by 2%. Someone will say why GEJ well you that you are asking am sure you know who is winning the April Polls might not be as even i want it but am sure it will happen that way God bless Nigeria |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by snowdrops(m): 3:02pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
AjanleKoko:there is only a limited number of staff at the UKBA handling thousands of applications. they cannot possibly run checks on every application. only suspicious/incomplete ones seem to be investigated. the colleges are getting smarted at evading prosecution. and with 20% cut being made to Home Office budget, no wonder this blanket ban by the home secretary |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by AjanleKoko: 3:11pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
snowdrops: Maybe. But all the supposed references to 'bogus students' and 'fake colleges' kind of make the minister look silly. They should come up with a better reason. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by vkings: 3:13pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
I see Australia opening their doors for Nigerians very soon. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by delegiwa(m): 3:36pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
Its all GEJ's fault!! |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by eghost247(m): 3:40pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
Its about time |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by agoshofin(m): 3:45pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
it is a PDP problem, & more importantly a nigerian mentality problem, an employer will prefer to employ sm1 wiv a foreign degree dan sm1 4rm his alma mata! |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by snowdrops(m): 3:46pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
AjanleKoko:why do you think these cuts are being made? |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by snowdrops(m): 3:47pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
agoshofin:probably a reflection of the falling standards in nigerian universities. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by delegiwa(m): 3:51pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
All these yarns na story. If u've gat your money to spend, dem go give u visa fast fast. Where else dem wan get money from? Dem get Naija Delta? Oyibo no be mumu oh. The issue be say majority of people wey dey enter UK no carry nothing for their wallet and will then rely on the lean resources available, |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by snowdrops(m): 4:02pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
of course they want your money. thats why they are clampong down on the students a good number of whom are at the bottom end of the social ladder |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by AjanleKoko: 4:21pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
snowdrops: Possibly in response to the larger British anti-immigration sentiment expressed during the elections. Influx of students into Britain is influx of funds into the UK. What about visa fees? Steady revenue. If she had said that the student visas were a source of illegal immigration, given the hoopla about terrorism these days, well, it would be tenable. But it's well within the power of the government to maintain a list of accredited UK schools and deny visas to students seeking admission to schools not on that list. Abi? |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by OWOLAYEMO: 4:23pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
They cant do it. UK is broke, they need our money. One foreign student is probably paying about GBP 5000 subsidizing over 10 indigenous students paying GDP800. While its important to moderate immigration,the allure of " foreigner's funds to feed their convalescing economy is too tempting. Don't worry,very soon,all their universities will soon send delegates and advisor down to the country for spring and summer admission. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by snowdrops(m): 4:35pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
AjanleKoko:but thats the point i made in an earlier post which you seemed to disagree with AjanleKoko:thats possibly why they did not make further cuts than these. with 80% cuts in university funding, they upped tuition fees to £9000 probably to cushion the impact of fall in revenue from oversea students AjanleKoko: illegal in the sense that some students dont come here to study but exclusively to earn a living and bring their extended family with them. also the colleges may have had genuine accreditation, but they instead focus on exploiting non-eu economic migrants by bringing them into uk under the pretext of coming to uk to study. some even know nothing about their course or colleges when questioned by immigration at the airport. |
Re: Uk To Cut Student Visas To Nigerians, Others by GeorgeD1(m): 7:08pm On Mar 25, 2011 |
make dem go sidon! na only for uk school dey? |
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