Indian students started ‘Fair Visa, Fair Chance’ campaign in Britain, know why?

‘Fair Visas, Fair Chance’ campaign in UK: A leading Indian student representative body in the UK on Thursday launched a new ‘Fair Visas, Fair Chances’ campaign in favor of the post-study graduate route visa, which has proved hugely popular. Indian students since its launch. This campaign started about three years ago.

NISAU campaigns for visa

National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) UK, which originally campaigned for the visa. Which provides international graduates the opportunity to gain work experience for up to two years after their degree. They fear that this work experience visa may be abolished in the ongoing discussion on new rules. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has been appointed by UK Home Secretary James Cleverley to review graduate pathway visas to ensure they are ‘fit for purpose’ and is expected to report next month.

NISAU UK Patron said..

Commenting on the matter, Lord Karan Bilimoria, Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on International Students and Patron of NISAU UK, said, “The ability to work for two years post-graduation gives international students the ability to earn money to pay for Helps in. “Their degrees will help them gain experience as well as strengthen ties with the UK.”

International students contribute GBP 42 billion to the UK economy

Lord Karan Bilimoria said, “We are in global competition and need to provide post-graduation work opportunities to compete with countries like the United States, Canada and Australia. “The threat to eliminate two-year post-graduation work visas is unnecessary and sends a harmful message around the world, and universities are already seeing a sharp decline in international student applications.” He also warned that Britain would shoot itself in the foot if graduate routes were cut. Because international students contribute GBP 42 billion to the UK economy.

Indians continue to dominate as the largest group of students

After resuming the drive for the 2020-21 batch of international students, the Home Office says a total of 213,250 visas have been issued and Indians continue to dominate as the largest group of students. However, due to new rules, it may decrease by up to 43 percent as compared to last year.

Without a graduate pathway, a university’s finances could collapse

Sanam Arora, President of NISAU UK and Commissioner of the UK Commission for International Higher Education, said: “It is very sad that just a few years after the work-study system was reintroduced in the UK, we have to defend it once again. “Visas are a key requirement for undergraduate Indian students and form an important part of the UK’s international higher education system.”

“We campaigned for seven years last fall to bring it back and will fight again to protect this essential road,” he said. Without a graduate pathway, the university’s finances could collapse. This will have a negative impact not only on international students but also on domestic UK students. World-class research at UK universities is heavily subsidized by international students, given the potential of domestic students.