For years, UK immigration law, applicable to overseas students, was simple and clear: a student needed a place at school, college, or university, as well as sufficient funds for tuition and maintenance, in order for immigration permission to be routinely issued. Then, the UK's Home Office re-cast the law, basing it on a points-based system. The idea was that it would make immigration law transparent and objective and, as a result, even simpler and clearer. In contrast however, it appears to have muddied the waters and forced education providers to act as agents for the Home Office. Never...
For years, UK immigration law, applicable to overseas students, was simple and clear: a student needed a place at school, college, or university, as w...