Indian Nationals received highest share of UK work visas in 2024, second in study visasIn 2024, Indian nationals topped UK work visas with 22%, while securing the second-highest share of study visas. However, work visas for In...
13 May, 2025, 11.51 AM IST
UK becomes costlier to visit, study in and move to. Here's how much more your visa will costThe UK Home Office announced a visa fee hike across various categories starting April 9, 2025. Student and visitor visas will see notable i...
25 Mar, 2025, 11.59 AM IST
UK universities' tuition fees set to spike: What it means for studentsUK university tuition fees for domestic students are set to increase for the first time in seven years due to a financial crisis affecting ...
03 Oct, 2024, 02.48 PM IST
UK visa fees spike as Sunak government hikes health surcharge by 66%Starting February 6, the United Kingdom will introduce a significant hike in its immigration health surcharge (IHS) for visa applicants. Ap...
06 Feb, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
UK visitor, student visas to cost more from October 4The decision follows the announcement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in July to raise fees and health surcharges to support the National Hea...
16 Sep, 2023, 04.13 PM IST
Want to migrate to UK? Here's everything you need to know“Indian nationals were the top nationality for visas in the ‘Worker’ category, representing one third (33 per cent) of grants, and were by ...
06 Sep, 2023, 06.21 PM IST
UK to increase its visa fee to meet health sector costVisa applicants from around the world, including Indians, will have to pay significantly higher fees and health surcharge when accessing th...
14 Jul, 2023, 03.31 AM IST
Most UK visas in 2022 issued to Indians, including record number of student visas"Last year UK issued 2,836,490 visas; 25% of those went to India, more than to any other country. Indian nationals received: highest studen...
01 Mar, 2023, 01.50 PM IST
Rishi Sunak may only allow foreign students with offers in top schools to enter the UKThe prime minister's official spokesman has said Sunak was "fully committed" to bringing overall immigration levels down and blamed "unprec...
25 Nov, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
Rishi Sunak's budget to make cost of UK visa higherThe UK Budget tabled by Indian-origin Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) would be hiked fro...
12 Mar, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
Indian students to benefit from improved UK post-study visa offerAt present, the process to switch from a student to work visa while in the UK is extremely complex.
16 Mar, 2019, 05.53 PM IST
Indian professionals dominate Brexit-hit UK's visa hikeThere were 2,266 more Tier 2 visas granted to Indian skilled professionals, which reflected the majority (55 per cent) in the visa category...
29 Nov, 2018, 10.12 PM IST
UK set to double health surcharge from Dec for non-EU citizens, IndiansThe move is expected to raise an estimated 220 million pounds in extra funding for the state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
13 Oct, 2018, 05.48 PM IST
UK visa rules changes: Which Indians do they impact and howDoctors and nurses have been exempted from the controversial annual cap of 20,700 visas.
18 Jun, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
India flags visa concerns to British PM Theresa MayThe number of study visas issued to Indian nationals fell from 68,238 in 2010 to 11,864 this year, official UK figures show.
07 Nov, 2016, 08.23 PM IST
India raises visa issue with UK ministerAccording to the UK's Office of National Statistics, of the 55,589 Tier-2 sponsored visa applications cleared in 2014-2015, nearly 78 per c...
01 Apr, 2016, 09.23 PM IST
UK visa fees set for big hike in all categories from March 18It will affect thousands of Indians who are the largest group of skilled workers to be granted visas to live and work in Britain last year.
07 Mar, 2016, 02.45 PM IST