United Kingdom ends study visas for students from Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cameroon and Sudan
Change
United Kingdom imposed an 'emergency brake' blocking study visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan and suspended work visas for Afghan nationals after student asylum claims rose more than 470 percent between 2021 and 2025.
Why it matters
Higher-education admissions and visa-sponsorship teams lose a legal route to bring new students from those four countries into the United Kingdom, forcing immediate changes to enrolment and compliance processes. Immigration advisers and legal teams face an increased caseload as affected applicants seek alternative immigration pathways.
Implications
- — International student admissions teams at United Kingdom universities must stop processing visa-dependent enrolments for applicants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan or those enrolments will not result in entry.
- — Licensed sponsor compliance teams at United Kingdom higher education providers must halt new visa sponsorship applications for applicants from the four named countries because such applications will be refused under the emergency brake.
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Al Jazeera
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