Question on Tier 4 visa requirements from Liz McInnes MP

Written question answered on Wednesday 27 June 2018

Liz McInnes MP (Labour) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria his Department used to determine which countries qualified for the recent relaxation of Tier 4 visa requirements for overseas students.

Answered on 27 June 2018 by Caroline Nokes, Minister of State for Immigration:

Careful consideration is given to which countries could be added to Appendix H of the Immigration Rules, taking into account objective analysis of a range of factors including the volume of students from a country and their Tier 4 immigration compliance risk.

The list of countries in Appendix H will be regularly updated to reflect the fact that countries’ risk profiles change over time.