Cleverly Bullish as Restrictions on Legal Migrants Bringing in Dependants Take Effect

Published on January 1, 2024

Home Secretary James Cleverly has predicted levels of legal migration will begin to fall as new visa rules came into force which—from Jan. 1, 2024—forbid international students from bringing dependants like children or elderly relatives with them. The ban affects everyone except those enrolling on postgraduate research courses, such as PhDs, and those whose courses are on government-funded scholarships. In the year ending September 2023, a total of 152,980 visas were issued to dependants of international students, many of whom are children who are entitled to free education while in the UK. His predecessor Suella Braverman announced the move in May, shortly before figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed net legal migration was running at 672,000 per year....

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