Tag: student visa

Top Immigration Adviser Backs Student Visa Curbs

A top government adviser has expressed support for plans to scale back the right of foreign students to stay in the UK after graduation. Professor Brian Bell, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), told The Sunday Telegraph that the independent body thought it “unnecessary” for foreign students to be permitted to work in Britain…


Visa System Loophole Sees Fake Students Flood in to Work Illegally

Criminal groups are taking advantage of Australia’s weak education visa and immigration systems to flood the country with fake students to work illegally, including in the sex industry. A review by Christine Nixon, the former Victoria police chief, revealed that immigration policies relating to vocational education should be reviewed immediately as they have been widely…


The Chinese Regime Versus the US, and the Battle for Scientific Dominance

Commentary According to Joe Augustyn, a decorated veteran of the CIA, when graduate students from China come to the United States, officials in Beijing brief them before they depart, and brief them “when they come back.” This makes the U.S. Embassy and Consulates recent decision to reject the visa applications of 500 STEM students, all of whom were graduate students, a wise one. After all,…


More Than 500 Chinese STEM Students Denied Visa to the US

More than 500 Chinese STEM students’ visa applications to study at major American universities were recently rejected by the U.S. government over security concerns, Chinese media reported. The news sparked debate on Chinese social media and netizens claim that most of the student visa applicants are from Chinese universities that have ties to the Chinese…