真正的关于学生签证改革官方消息,貌似PSW前景不妙啊

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/news/major-student-changes
Major changes to student visa system
Tuesday, 22 Mar 2011

Tougher criteria for people wanting to come to the UK to study and limits on their right to work are among major reforms to the student visas system announced today.

Following a Home Office review which revealed widespread abuse of the system, and a public consultation, major changes aim to tighten up the system and protect the brightest and best students.

Old system changed
Home Secretary Theresa May said: 'International students not only make a vital contribution to the UK economy but they also help make our education system one of the best in the world.

'But it has become very apparent that the old student visa regime failed to control immigration and failed to protect legitimate students from poor quality colleges.

‘The changes I am announcing today re-focus the student route as a temporary one, available to only the brightest and best. The new system is designed to ensure students come for a limited period, to study not work, and make a positive contribution while they are here.’

What’s changing?
From April 2012 all institutions wanting to sponsor students will have to be classed as ‘highly trusted sponsors’ and become accredited by statutory education inspection bodies by the end of 2012.

The current system does not require this and allowed too many poor quality colleges into the system

Those coming to study at degree level will have to speak a higher level of English than now.

UK Border Agency staff will be able to refuse entry to students who cannot speak English without an interpreter and who therefore do not meet the required standards.

Work rights
Students at universities and publicly funded further education colleges will retain current work rights but all other students will have no right to work,

Restrictions will be placed on work placements at courses outside of universities.

The ‘post study work route’, which allowed students two years to seek employment after their course ended has been closed.

Only those graduates who have an offer of a skilled job from a sponsoring employer, in Tier 2 of the points-based-system, will be able to stay to work

Meanwhile, only postgraduate students at universities and government sponsored students to be will be able to bring their family members with them.

At the moment all students on longer courses are able to bring dependants.

And the overall time that can be spent on a student visa will be limited to three years at lower levels, as now, and five years at higher levels. There is currently no limit for study at or above degree level.

Eliminating abuse
Theresa May added: 'My aim is not to stop genuine students coming here - it is to eliminate abuse within the system. Our stricter accreditation process will see only first class education providers given licences to sponsor students.

‘I am delighted to announce that alongside our stricter rules, we will ensure that innovative student entrepreneurs who are creating wealth are able to stay in the UK to pursue their ideas.’

The government has committed to reforming all routes of entry to the UK in order to bring immigration levels under control.

The student changes will work alongside the annual limit on economic migration, and reforms to family and settlement routes planned for later this year.

我觉得这政策打击英国私立学校比打击外国学生更多更严。

speech15分钟,剩下45分钟都是Q&A,一小半就是问bogus college和bogus stu,至少一半问psw,college都要highly trusted,够难的。重新洗牌了。
多数问题都没有正面回答给出细节,上面的链接也没有具体细节,而且某些地方和may的讲话有些出入,要是我没听错的话,psw没有关闭,一年后,04/12,才会开始新要求.

变化要点:
1。UK Border Agency staff will be able to refuse entry to students who cannot speak English without an interpreter and who therefore do not meet the required standards.

这是个可软可硬的尺子。

2。Students at universities and publicly funded further education colleges will retain current work rights but all other students will have no right to work。

这个能排除很多人。

3。The ‘post study work route’, which allowed students two years to seek employment after their course ended has been closed. Only those graduates who have an offer of a skilled job from a sponsoring employer, in Tier 2 of the points-based-system, will be able to stay to work

PSW关闭。除非T2。

4。Meanwhile, only postgraduate students at universities and government sponsored students to be will be able to bring their family members with them.

本科生不能带家属。

5。And the overall time that can be spent on a student visa will be limited to three years at lower levels, as now, and five years at higher levels. There is currently no limit for study at or above degree level.

给了年限。

6。From April 2012 。。。

从明年四月才开始这些变化吗?

现在的消息好乱。

Tougher entrance criteria, limits on work entitlements and the closure of the post-study work route are among the changes to the student visa system announced today by Home Secretary Theresa May.

The announcement follows a major public consultation on reforming Tier 4 of the points-based system, after a Home Office review revealed widespread abuse. A sample of Tier 4 students studying at private institutions revealed that 26 per cent of them could not be accounted for.

The main changes are as follows:

From April 2012, any institution wanting to sponsor students will need to be classed as a Highly Trusted sponsor, and will need to become accredited by a statutory education inspection body by the end of 2012. The current system does not require this, and has allowed too many poor-quality colleges to become sponsors.
Students coming to study at degree level will need to speak English at an ‘upper intermediate’ (B2) level, rather than the current ‘lower intermediate’ (B1) requirement.
UK Border Agency staff will be able to refuse entry to students who cannot speak English without an interpreter, and who therefore clearly do not meet the minimum standard.
Students at universities and publicly funded further education colleges will retain their current work rights, but all other students will have no right to work. We will place restrictions on work placements in courses outside universities.
Only postgraduate students at universities and government-sponsored students will be able to bring their dependants. At the moment, all students on longer courses can bring their dependants.
We will limit the overall time that can be spent on a student visa to 3 years at lower levels (as it is now) and 5 years at higher levels. At present, there is no time limit for study at or above degree level.
We will close the Tier 1 (Post-study work) route, which allows students 2 years to seek employment after their course ends. Only graduates who have an offer of a skilled job from a sponsoring employer under Tier 2 of the points-based system will be able to stay to work.
The government has also pledged to develop a new entrepreneur route for bright and innovative students who have a business idea and want to make it work in the UK.

The Home Secretary said:

'International students not only make a vital contribution to the UK economy but they also help make our education system one of the best in the world.

'But it has become very apparent that the old student visa regime failed to control immigration and failed to protect legitimate students from poor-quality colleges.

'The changes I am announcing today re-focus the student route as a temporary one, available to only the brightest and best. The new system is designed to ensure students come for a limited period, to study, not work, and make a positive contribution while they are here.

'My aim is not to stop genuine students coming here - it is to eliminate abuse within the system. Our stricter accreditation process will see only first-class education providers given licences to sponsor students.

‘I am delighted to announce that, alongside our stricter rules, we will ensure that innovative student entrepreneurs who are creating wealth are able to stay in the UK to pursue their ideas.’

The government has committed to reforming all routes of entry to the UK in order to bring immigration levels under control. The student changes will work alongside the annual limit on economic migration, and reforms to family and settlement routes planned for later this year.

You can find a summary of the new student policy under ‘Related documents’ on the right side of this page.

A statement of changes to the Immigration Rules will be published on this website on 31 March. We will publish an impact assessment on the same day.

UKBA上的消息,貌似PSW确实被关闭了,要工作必须在T2下,那其实就是完全废除了,这次T1确实受影响大,不过也没办法,T1被abuse的最多。
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2011/march/54-student-visas

We will close the Tier 1 (Post-study work) route, which allows students 2 years to seek employment after their course ends. Only graduates who have an offer of a skilled job from a sponsoring employer under Tier 2 of the points-based system will be able to stay to work.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2011/march/54-student-visas

A statement of changes to the Immigration Rules will be published on this website on 31 March. We will publish an impact assessment on the same day.

關於TIER 1 PSW的,這個是正解,其他的帖子將會被鎖。

支持楼上的,PSW将影响2012年毕业的学生。

关闭的具体时间出来了?

讲话说是4月

不知道HO官网啥时候公布

那是不是4月之后 就不可以申请PSW么? 这么理解对么?

到底是11年4月 还是12年4月 PSW 取消啊?

消息好困扰的说

2012 4月之前都可以psw

取消psw在明年四月。各位今年毕业的加油了啊!

Boarder Agency 最新

PSW在2012年4月取消。:cn02:

想请问大家 如果明年4月前论文通过 但是没有拿到毕业证(下半年才发) 能拿学校证明信去签psw么

+1

psw是需要学位证书的

尘埃落定

不能