Overseas Students: Employment

(asked on 29th November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for students that lose their student visas and right to study in the UK, if she make an assessment on the potential merits of allowing them to work in the UK on a work visa, until they join their course in the (a) next semester or (b) next academic year.


Answered by
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Robert Jenrick
This question was answered on 2nd December 2022

Border Force does not hold the data in an easily accessible format on those detained and subsequently released on grounds they held a valid visa, student or other.

However, the Home Office published data on how many people are detained or returned on gov.uk. The latest publication can be found at: How many people are detained or returned? - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Immigration Rules require all arriving passengers to establish their eligibility for admission. Every passenger’s passport or national identity card is checked electronically and there are also times when extra checks are conducted. Whilst this means on occasions arriving passengers, including some students, are held up by Border Force, these checks are necessary in order to maintain a safe and secure border. In some instances, individuals without the necessary immigration permission for the activities that they intend to undertake in the UK may be refused permission to enter at the border, which makes them liable for detention.

The Home Office does not routinely offer compensation but in case of maladministration, will consider ex-gratia payments where a customer has suffered a financial loss. In addition the Home Office can also consider making consolatory payments where maladministration has caused a customer exceptional embarrassment or inconvenience. Each case will be considered taking full account of the customer’s individual circumstances.

It may also be helpful to have the link to the Home Office complaints procedure which can be found on Gov.uk website: Complaints procedure - Home Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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