British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is scheduled to visit India on 8-9. October and will discuss regional and global questions with Prime Minister Narendra Modim.
It is expected that his visit will strengthen bilateral trade because it is planned only months after both nations have signed a comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA).
Interestingly, his visit coincides with the transition of his government to the intervention against immigrants, including students from India, who usually go to student visas with the intention to settle there permanently.
On 30 September, the British Parliament announced several changes in the British visa and settlement rules after the immigration white book 2025.
The British Government on May 12, 2025, published a documentary on politics white papers called Restoring Control over the Immigration System. The document proposed some changes to make it more difficult to switch and settle in the UK to reduce immigration.
These are some of the radical changes that would have an impact on foreign students who are planning to study in the UK, including those from India, which sends the second highest number of students to British universities after China. In 2025, the United Kingdom has already issued a student visa to one Lakh to students from India.
However, the Starmer government focuses on intervention against foreign students by introducing a number of visa rules as mentioned in the White Book.
These changes include the following.
Harder Visa Rules in White Book
I too Fee: There is a proposal for income from international student fees for “fees” income at British universities. According to the British Parliament website, more details will be published in the autumn budget.
II. Hard for universities: The Labor Government led by Starmer has also proposed that universities make it difficult to maintain a license to sponsor student visas by introducing harder compliance rules.
III. Complementary visa: Most students go to the UK because they are tempted by a two -year visa of graduates to which they are entitled. There is a proposal to shorten this two -year period to 18 months.
IV. List of sponsored tasks: There is a proposal to shorten the list of jobs for which employers can sponsor an overseas worker to a qualified work visa. This would have an impact on students looking for sponsorship of work after completing their studies.
AGAINST. Residence: Another radical change is to increase the standard qualification period for permanent residence from 5 to 10 years.
VI. English request: In addition, there is a proposal to store stricter English language rules: requires people to move to the UK on work visas to qualify for basic English for a “dependent” visa.
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