Students: Temporary Visas for Dependants

Part of Home Department – in the House of Commons am ar 27 Tachwedd 2023.

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Photo of Jonathan Gullis Jonathan Gullis Ceidwadwyr, Stoke-on-Trent North

Last week’s net migration figures were completely unacceptable to the people of Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke, which is why the New Conservatives, helpfully, have a 12-point plan that the Minister for Immigration could copy and paste to ensure we get those figures down. Will he extend the closure of the student dependant route to students enrolled on a one-year research master’s degree?

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