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Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

Volume 467: debated on Monday 19 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of student visa holders from (a) India, (b) Sri Lanka, (c) Pakistan and (d) South Africa applied to extend their visa at the end of their initial period in the latest 12 months for which figures are available. (163786)

The information requested is not recorded in the format required.

Student leave is granted for the duration of the course, therefore can vary greatly. It is not possible to cross reference the extension data for 2006 against the initial leave to enter data for any one previous year therefore it is not possible to provide data in terms of a percentage.

However, data of student visa holders who extended their leave to remain during 2006 can be found in the Home Office Command Paper “Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2006” pages 56 and 58 table 4.1. A copy of which is in the House Library.