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Overseas Students: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of international student visa applications to UK universities in 2024 on the sector.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
20 Nov 2024
Answer
29 Nov 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of international student visa applications to UK universities in 2024 on the sector.

  2. 20 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The latest Home Office data shows that there were 350,700 visa applications made by international students for a sponsored study visa between January and September 2024. This is 16% lower than between January and September 2023 when 417,000 sponsored stud...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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