Another Indian student, Arjun Sathe, was lucky. He found a job after completing business school.
“Everyone pretty much underestimated the reluctance to sponsor a graduate. And essentially people didn’t expect that it would be that difficult.”
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, spoke against the visa restrictions last year when he was visiting India.
“I think we need to be very careful that we’re not doing stuff that actively deters foreign students.”
The British government said the restrictions prevent the student visa system from being abused. But many British businesses criticized the changes. Universities say payments from foreign students are worth almost $4 billion.
Nicola Dandridge is head of Universities UK, a group representing higher education institutions. She says the restrictions hurt the country.
“These are highly skilled people, many of whom we’d like to stay in this country and do highly skilled jobs. So there is this question of us losing talent in the UK, which we can ill afford to do.”
But Britain appears to be adding new restrictions. It is planning to require visitors from six countries – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Ghana – to pay $4,500 for a visa bond.
In a statement, the government said it wants to make sure foreigners do not stay too long. And, it wanted to recover costs if a non-citizen used Britain’s public services.
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