News: New student visa regulations to be brought in
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- 31 July 2008
From BBC - Students coming to the UK from overseas will have to be sponsored by a college licensed by the UK Border Agency, under Home Office proposals.
The colleges will have to prove they are genuine education institutions - not just routes into low skilled work.
They will have to report students who are not attending their courses.
As part of the wider shake-up of the immigration system, applicants will need to have enough points before they can apply for a student visa.
Applicants will be fingerprinted and will need a biometric identity card.
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The new licensing system, to be implemented next year, will replace the existing register of education training providers operated by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
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