UK mulls allowing foreign students to work for longer hours
Contents News/Article Date: 28th January 2023
Relating to which Act: Immigration rules – UK. Applicability of Student Visa.
Applicable to which State: U.K.
Type: Newspaper report in the Newsmen
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And in this instance: The legal rights of international students in the United Kingdom are: Work and Study: In the UK, international students can work for a limited time while studying. Non-European students can work up to 20 hours a week. However, Non-European students can work 40 hours a week during their vacation period.
International Students including Indians in the UK are likely to be allowed to work for longer hours and take up more part-time jobs to plug labour shortages in various sectors across the country. Discussions have begun with the Government to raise this cap to 30 hours or remove it entirely in a bid to boost its economy.
Subject: UK mulls allowing foreign students to work for longer hours
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UK mulls allowing foreign students to work for longer hours
Presently, foreign students in the UK, who number around 6,80,000, are allowed to work for a maximum of 20 hours a week during term time. However, discussions have begun within the government to raise this cap to 30 hours or remove it entirely in a bid to boost its economy, as was reported in the newspaper. The International students made up 476,000 of the 1.1 million migrants who arrived in the country last year.
International students, including Indians, in the UK, are likely to be allowed to work for longer hours and take up more part-time jobs to plug labour shortages in various sectors across the country, according to a report.
Of these, India became the largest source of students with 161,000 students, including 33,240 dependents, coming to the UK last year.
There are 1.3 million empty posts, almost half a million more than before the pandemic, and according to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, “businesses are crying out for workers”.
Government sources told the newspaper that lifting the cap on foreign students’ hours was “part of a swathe of ideas being considered”, adding that the idea is at a nascent stage.
But what could put a spanner in the works is the Home Secretary’s plans to reduce the number of foreign students coming to the country.
With the net migration numbers rising to an estimated record of 504,000 last year, Home Department has drawn up proposals to reduce the number, which includes shortening the duration foreign students can stay in Britain post their course.
Curbs are also being considered on the number of dependents allowed into the UK and restricting foreign students from attending “low-quality” courses.
However, according to the Department of Education, the restrictions will bankrupt UK universities, which depend on foreign students for money.