Over 450,000 international students are currently studying in the UK. Thanks to the new prime minister, International students will be allowed to stay in the UK for two years after graduation to find a job, under new proposals announced by the Home Office today, September 11th.
The move reverses a decision made in 2012 by then-Home Secretary Theresa May that forced overseas students to leave four months after finishing a degree.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the change would see students “unlock their potential” and begin careers in the UK.
The change will apply to international students in the UK who start courses at undergraduate level or above from next year onwards. Students must be studying at an institution with a track record in upholding immigration checks.
Under the proposals, there is no restriction on the kinds of jobs students would have to seek and no cap on numbers.
“If one needed evidence of a new approach to immigration within government, today’s announcement allowing all foreign students to stay for two years after graduation is just that,” Said the BBC’s home editor Mark Easton.
“Where Theresa May introduced what she called a hostile environment around migration rules, with an ambition to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, Boris Johnson has promised to scrap that target and encourage the brightest and best to come and live and work in global Britain.” He added.
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Students from Nigeria and other African countries can now enjoy two years after their education while working at sort of job and are more likely to gain the work experience they need to back home.
