Home Secretary Orders Review of Overseas Graduate Jobs Route for Immigration Abuse

Published on March 13, 2024

The home secretary has ordered a “rapid review” into a graduate jobs pathway for overseas students for potential “visa exploitation” and whether it is “undermining the integrity and quality” of the university system. In a letter dated Monday and published Tuesday, Home Secretary James Cleverly asked the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to scrutinise the Graduate route to ensure it is “not being abused” and that “some of the demand for study visas is not being driven more by a desire for immigration rather than education.” The Graduate route allows overseas students with valid leave under the Student route to stay in the UK after graduation for two years (three years for doctorate students) unsponsored, without needing to provide evidence of a job offer or the financial ability to support themselves, or earning a particular salary....

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