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by Deviser » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:03 pm
You cannot only blame bogus students or colleges for those cruel restrictions on student visas. They have nothing to do with those changes as they did whatever authorities allow them to do. UKBA/HO always knows everything that which college/student is doing what but that was a good time and UK need workers. Authorities deliberately allow bogus colleges to bring bogus students to fill the work force gap. It’s just a weak excuse to do all those changes that 'abuse' will force them to put those restrictions. It’s not 'abuse', its economic condition of UK. Authorities do not want any new Non-EU to work in UK, as economic conditions are not allowing them to do that and their own people struggling to get work. If they want, at least they can allow PSW visa for University degree students, (as they allow work) but UKBA treating a bogus college PGD student with an Oxford graduate in a same manner.
Actually, everything relates to money and economy. By 2006-7 they were lenient more then they need. Even students were here from South Asia who couldn’t write their name and don’t know how to sign, they even don’t know a single word of English but they were doing PGDs, MPhil and PhD and getting PSW visas. Famous fake American universities were in UK with established campuses by the kind approval of HO, i.e. Preston University. And also HO was doing all efforts to stop students to leave UK by various schemes like HSMP, SEGS, IGS, FTS, bla bla bla. But it’s all about good time and when everything was fine.
When global economic crisis start, UK was the one of those countries who badly affected and suffering credit crunch. Home mortgages become negative and financial institution start collapse (i.e. Northern Rock) and at the same time people from EU (i.e. Poland and Czech) start moving to UK. That was the time when everyone start crying on immigration and student visas, as they think they don’t need any more Non-EU migrants and odd jobs gap can be filled up by the people moving from poor EU countries. UKBA/HO starts putting restrictions by introducing strict laws on student and work visas and established a new agency UKBA to control immigration. After that all work schemes closed by UKBA, they start rejecting student visas without IELTS, introduced high visa fees and then PBS introduced. Today, almost every work visa route has been closed and UKBA rejecting student visas even if applicant did not answer their phone call. But they are doing a mistake by treating all students in same manner.
But above all, whatever they are doing they have rights to do that, as UK is their country. It’s up to them whom they allow to study and work in UK. Students have their own options open like US, Canada and Australia as today we are living in a competitive world. Education is an investment today and international students are adequately sensible to think about which country will give the best return on their investments.
