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Deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme 30 June 2021.

Pressure is growing for urgent reform of immigration rules amid concern many EU students enrolled at Scottish universities face additional costs running to hundreds of pounds due to the Covid pandemic. Campaigners have warned first-year students will not qualify for pre-settled status if they arrive after the end of the transition period on December 31 – even though they may have opted to study online or could not move to the UK because of Covid-19 restrictions. This would mean they wi...

MP contacts Home Secretary regarding Bangladeshi chef’s appeal to stay in UK Saiful Islam Ansar Ahmed Ullah Ansar Ahmed Ullah MP Paul Bristow is taking Bangladeshi chef Saiful Islams case to the House of Commons after receiving a negative response from the UK Home Office. Saiful Islam is facing deportation after his application for extension was refused by the Court of Appeal on October 8, 2020. On November 3, Paul Bristow MP met with Kevin Foster,...

Kelvin John Foster In this interview with the Guardian via telephone UK minister for Immigration and Future Borders, Kelvin John Foster says leaving the European Union will bring positive changes for international students coming into the United Kingdom (UK). *Are you nostalgic about leaving the EU. Is it having any negative impact on your educational system?* We recognise that the UK leaving the EU will bring changes for students who are coming into the United Kingdom. But we see it as part of...

Kelvin John Foster In this interview with the Guardian via telephone UK minister for Immigration and Future Borders, Kelvin John Foster says leaving the European Union will bring positive changes for international students coming into the United Kingdom (UK). *Are you nostalgic about leaving the EU. Is it having any negative impact on your educational system?* We recognise that the UK leaving the EU will bring changes for students who are coming into the United Kingdom. But we see it as part of...