United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 941
Visas: Overseas Students
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13 May 2026
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19 May 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that sponsors are not penalised for student visa refusals driven by (a) country conditions, (b) geopolitical instability and (c) other external factors.
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13 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that sponsors are not penalised for student visa refusals driven by (a) country conditions, (b) geopolitical instability and (c) other external factors.
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19 May 2026
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The tighter Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) metrics, set out in the Immigration White Paper on 12 May 2025, will come into effect in June. Metrics will not be changed according to fluctuations in student visa refusal rates, which vary over time due to c...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-13/941
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1905019
- uk · wq-1905019 · source updated 19 May 2026