Britain Visa Policy

British MPs are conducting an inquiry into the UK's relations with India to enhance trade and explore the implications of the UK's visa policy on bilateral relations amidst India's growing role in international geopolitics and its increasing importance as an economic powerhouse.

United Kingdom has said that there is no cap on visa for Indian students and they are free to access world-class education in top notch UK universities. British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith said that the United Kingdom had announced 600 scholarships for Indian students aspiring to study in the UK.

Britain's new visa policy could have a "negative impact" on Indian working professionals' short term business visits to the UK, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told his British counterpart Theresa May during their first meeting after she became Premier.

Britain's stringent norms on student visas have resulted in a decline in the number of Indian students in higher education by nearly a quarter last year.

Under pressure from education and industry leaders to review the recent curbs on student visas, Prime Minister David Cameron is likely to reverse policy and remove international students from official immigration figures, a measure that may relax some of the restrictions.

Allaying fears that its stringent immigration rules will hit skilled Indian workers coming into UK, Britain on Wednesday said that "adjustments" in the rules have been made to reduce the flow of immigrants in times of economic hardship.

Britain today published a list of nearly 1,900 banks in India most of them cooperative whose financial statements will not be accepted for student visa purposes, a move that is set to affect thousands of Indian students wanting to study there. The new list has just 85 banks operating in India whose statements will be accepted for purposes of stude...

Pledging to curb immigration to the UK, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that doors will be shut to highly skilled non-EU doctors and engineers.

British MPs are conducting an inquiry into the UK's relations with India to enhance trade and explore the implications of the UK's visa policy on bilateral relations amidst India's growing role in international geopolitics and its increasing importance as an economic powerhouse.

United Kingdom has said that there is no cap on visa for Indian students and they are free to access world-class education in top notch UK universities. British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith said that the United Kingdom had announced 600 scholarships for Indian students aspiring to study in the UK.

Britain's new visa policy could have a "negative impact" on Indian working professionals' short term business visits to the UK, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told his British counterpart Theresa May during their first meeting after she became Premier.

Britain's stringent norms on student visas have resulted in a decline in the number of Indian students in higher education by nearly a quarter last year.

Under pressure from education and industry leaders to review the recent curbs on student visas, Prime Minister David Cameron is likely to reverse policy and remove international students from official immigration figures, a measure that may relax some of the restrictions.

Allaying fears that its stringent immigration rules will hit skilled Indian workers coming into UK, Britain on Wednesday said that "adjustments" in the rules have been made to reduce the flow of immigrants in times of economic hardship.

Britain today published a list of nearly 1,900 banks in India most of them cooperative whose financial statements will not be accepted for student visa purposes, a move that is set to affect thousands of Indian students wanting to study there. The new list has just 85 banks operating in India whose statements will be accepted for purposes of stude...

Pledging to curb immigration to the UK, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that doors will be shut to highly skilled non-EU doctors and engineers.