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Indian students, workers dominate exit trend as UK migration drops sharplyNet migration to the UK has significantly fallen, nearly halved from its peak, with Indian students and workers leading the exit trend. The...
UK net migration falls sharply as student, work visa curbs deepenUnited Kingdom net migration saw a significant drop in 2025. Figures fell to 171,000, a level not seen since before the post-Brexit immigra...
Pakistani, Bangladeshi migrants pretend to be gay to claim asylum in UK: ReportAn undercover investigation reveals a scheme where migrants pay thousands to immigration advisers. They allegedly create fake stories to cl...
UK study visa applications witness a sharp rise despite graduate route cutsDespite reduced post-study work benefits, UK study visa applications surged by 29% in the first five months of 2025, indicating continued a...
UK grants 37% fewer work visas in 2024Britain experienced a significant decrease in work visas granted in 2024, with a 37% drop from the previous year. The number of health and ...
Indians lead in UK university enrollments amid decline in overall migrationIndians have maintained the lead as the largest group of foreign students in UK universities, accounting for 26% of non-EU students in the ...
Indians top list of immigrants to UK in 2023: Here's how many went to work, study and playIn 2023, Indians were the largest group of immigrants to the UK, with 250,000 arrivals. Net migration to the UK dropped by 10% to 685,000, ...
VFS to expand India reach to cater to UK visa demandThis comes amidst Indian nationals accounting for the highest share (30%) of visitor visas granted by the UK in the year ended June 2023. C...
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 ...
More than one lakh UK student visas granted to Indians in 2023The UK Home Office has revealed that there has been a significant increase in the number of sponsored study visas granted to Indians, with ...
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...
Indians overtake Chinese as largest group of foreign students in UK"However, there has also been a large increase in the number of people migrating for a range of other reasons. This includes people arrivin...
Indians emerge as fastest growing nationality for UK student visa applicationsIndian professionals also held on to their global lead in the Tier 2 skilled visa category for the UK, with over 57,000 visas granted to In...
UK witnesses increase of 63 per cent student visas from IndiaThe latest statistics released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that 30,550 Indian students received a Tier 4 Study ...
Over 5 lakh Indians visited UK in 12 months since July 2018: ReportThe report said that Indian and Chinese nationals together accounted for nearly half (49 per cent) of all visitor visas granted.
Number of Indian students in UK rises 40%Indians now are among the fastest growing nationalities of foreign students in the UK along with Chinese, Americans and Saudis.
UK sees drop in work visa applications from India: reportAlso, far fewer EU migrants came to the UK looking for work than before - down 29,000 to 47,000 during the year ending June 2017.
UK considers further visa crackdowns for non-EU nationals including IndiansIndia is the third largest category in terms of student visa applications after the US and China, with 10,664 granted between June 2015 and...
Drop in number of Indians migrating to BritainThe number of Indians coming into Britain to work and study has registered a significant drop over the past year.
Student visas are 'back door' to UK, says MigrationWatch UKA think-tank has asked for more restrictions on visas to students from India, other non-EU countries, saying such visas provide a "back doo...