The Dwelling Workplace of the UK on Monday, Jan. 1, introduced that it had began implementing its coverage banning Nigerian college students and different abroad college students from bringing their dependents through the research visa route.
This was disclosed in a put up on X, previously Twitter.
The Dwelling Workplace, nonetheless, said that solely these on postgraduate analysis or government-sponsored scholarship college students will probably be exempted from the event.
“We’re totally dedicated to seeing a decisive minimize in migration. From at this time, new abroad college students will not be capable of carry members of the family to the UK. Postgraduate analysis or government-funded scholarships college students will probably be exempt,” the Dwelling Workplace mentioned.
Recall that in Could 2023, the UK put in place a legislation to cease Nigerian college students and others learning within the UK from bringing household as dependents besides underneath particular circumstances.