Third of foreign student visas 'lack credibility', survey finds

A third of visas handed to overseas students should never have been issued with up to 70,000 foreign undergraduates applications "lacking credibility", a government survey has found.

A sixth of those applying as university undergraduates and two-thirds of those at private colleges were considered to have suspicious applications

An intention to remain in Britain, failure to speak any English and no desire to complete their degree were given as the top three reasons given to Home Office investigators.
Three out of five visas given to students from India and Nigeria were found to “lack credibility”, the study found.
The survey is part of a crackdown on student visas that have for many years been abused with paperwork being the sole criteria for applications rather than face-to-face interviews.

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philoe: Third of foreign student visas 'lack credibility', survey finds

A third of visas handed to overseas students should never have been issued with up to 70,000 foreign undergraduates applications "lacking credibility", a government survey has found.

A sixth of those applying as university undergraduates and two-thirds of those at private colleges were considered to have suspicious applications

An intention to remain in Britain, failure to speak any English and no desire to complete their degree were given as the top three reasons given to Home Office investigators.
Three out of five visas given to students from India and Nigeria were found to “lack credibility”, the study found.
The survey is part of a crackdown on student visas that have for many years been abused with paperwork being the sole criteria for applications rather than face-to-face interviews.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9401362/Third-of-foreign-student-visas-lack-credibility-survey-finds.html#

I don't know why nigerians are always singled out!

megxo: Y ALWAYS NIGERIA

megxo: Y ALWAYS NIGERIA

kokoye:

What has the Nigerian government done to encourage the youth to want to stay at home: Electricity, small business loans, good education / grants, security, jobs?

Yea, you can answer that.

AjanleKoko:

So are they getting the small business loans and grants in the UK?

AjanleKoko:
So are they getting the small business loans and grants in the UK?

AjanleKoko:

So are they getting the small business loans and grants in the UK?

ochukoccna:

The average Nigerian youth would give an arm and a leg to leave the shores of this country
Dunno about today, personally witnessed Nigerians running to queue outside the American Embassy before 5am in the morning some 12 years back
Face it, save for a few entrepreneurs and those who have goo paying jobs, most Nigerian youth dey hear am

BUSH MAN: if they have the finance to go to america, why not use money to start something in nigeria,do you think its easy in america?

otokx: Things are getting better

love4ual: OCHUKOCCNA

i am sure that u realize why many people travel abroad and why most nollywood stars would do everything to marry a guy who has lived abroad b4 or is still based abroad......

it depends on the country...i will only speak of where i presently reside which is the united states........believe me our youths are perishing at back home...when i remember most of my friends who are back in nigeria i weep for them.........believe it or not america is a wonderland..........you will only need to experience it to understand.......the only thing that can delay ur success in the states is if u do not have the permission to work..........other than that you are good to go.........over %70 of nigerian doctors, pharmacist, bankers, lawyers, lectures, who vist america hadly would want to return back to nigeria except those above 50yrs.........

while i agree with you that you do not plug money on the street in america.....however ur willingness to work harder often pays off.......

i have friends in more than 8 countries of the world..........but in my conclusion i would advice youths who want to travel out to go these countries,.......belgium, canada, USA, australia and the bahamas island................

if you can obtain a dutch language training for 6 months and can be able understand, hear and write dutch, and you have a sister or brother who is legally resident in the united states......you can travel to belgium and study.......the school feels is cheap and immigration system is ok......

the best way to travel and have ur legal resident in any part of the world is if you study nursing in nigeria b4 leaving the country..............whether u are indian, african or asian....ur opportunity is simply boundless................

love4ual: OCHUKOCCNA

i am sure that u realize why many people travel abroad and why most nollywood stars would do everything to marry a guy who has lived abroad b4 or is still based abroad......

it depends on the country...i will only speak of where i presently reside which is the united states........believe me our youths are perishing at back home...when i remember most of my friends who are back in nigeria i weep for them.........believe it or not america is a wonderland..........you will only need to experience it to understand.......the only thing that can delay ur success in the states is if u do not have the permission to work..........other than that you are good to go.........over %70 of nigerian doctors, pharmacist, bankers, lawyers, lectures, who vist america hadly would want to return back to nigeria except those above 50yrs.........

while i agree with you that you do not plug money on the street in america.....however ur willingness to work harder often pays off.......

i have friends in more than 8 countries of the world..........but in my conclusion i would advice youths who want to travel out to go these countries,.......belgium, canada, USA, australia and the bahamas island................

if you can obtain a dutch language training for 6 months and can be able understand, hear and write dutch, and you have a sister or brother who is legally resident in the united states......you can travel to belgium and study.......the school feels is cheap and immigration system is ok......

the best way to travel and have ur legal resident in any part of the world is if you study nursing in nigeria b4 leaving the country..............whether u are indian, african or asian....ur opportunity is simply boundless................

steve_101:

Bushman,u sound like a bushman really,when the guy pay 2 years in advance for house rent and pay 2 years for shop,the fund will vanish, people always say ...."Start something",start what if I may ask?

greall1: I'm also pray my children study in abroad than nigeria
1.foreign certificate respect than nigeria certificate
2.Amount of student paying now in nigeria almost equilevent paying in abroad.

steve_101:

Bushman,u sound like a bushman really,when the guy pay 2 years in advance for house rent and pay 2 years for shop,the fund will vanish, people always say ...."Start something",start what if I may ask?

zoks:


I think you deserve a Nobel for saying that.I am so sick of people who say things that make you check your coordinates.Nigeria doesn't follow those glowing examples of dot.com boom or doughnut millionaire stories.The next time someone tells me to start something I'll spit in their face.

justwise:

UK students do get loans/grants and some businesses do get loans from the banks strongly encouraged by their Govrt.

BUSH MAN: why does he deserve medal? i hear people in nigeria are doing very well unless you are lazy unlike the others

AjanleKoko:

That sounds like UK students who are citizens.
What about Nigerians on student visa? Do they also get loans and grants? If they do, the UK is definitely Santa Claus. No wonder their debt to GDP ratio is like 80%.

justwise:

Foreign students don't get loans or grants but they do get fees discounts from their respective schools.

AjanleKoko:

Haba, bros.
Discount na benefit? Don't pay 20k GBP, pay 15kGBP. Is that a benefit?
Who knows if the school's cost wasn't more than 5k GBP in the first place?