Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

(asked on 25th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-European Economic Area students were granted visa extensions under the International Graduates Scheme in each year since 2007.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 2nd December 2014

The information available relates to International Graduates Scheme visa extensions granted in the UK, 2008 to 2013. The data is given in the table below:

Extensions of stay granted - International Graduates Scheme, 2008 to 2013
YearMain applicantsDependantsTotal
200816,1472,66618,813
2009321850
2010505
2011000
2012112
2013000
Source: Table ex_01 Immigration Statistics April-June 2014
Table notes: Data for 2013 onwards are provisional figures.

The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on extensions of stay granted in the UK by category in table ex_01_q (Extensions) within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release.A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration Statistics April - June 2014’ is
available from the Library of the House and from https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release

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