Legal action may be taken against new tougher UK visa requirements for students abroad especially for Bangladesh, Nepal and North India. English language schools are planning to take legal action against UK Border Agency for the new tougher UK visa requirements for students as they could lose up to £400 million in income.

In the new rule by the UK Border Agency mentioned, “The minimum level of English required has been raised while enrolling on courses in the UK to study English.”
With this new rules  the industry could lose up to £400 million in income, which could lead to job losses, as a result of tighter language requirements for people applying to study in the UK. But UKBA think this tougher UK visa rule will reduce the number of students coming to the country to work illegally.

The plan from English language schools industry body “English UK” is to seek a judicial review of the rules that prevent foreigners with only basic English from moving to the UK temporarily to do an English language course. Studying English in the UK has been a popular option for many foreign students, which is generating large amount of money for language schools around the country and providing employment for hundreds of people.

English UK claims that as many as 100,000 students will be detained from studying in the UK as a result of the tougher requirements, resulting in a loss of 3,400 teaching jobs also. The organization also if UK border agency strict with this new tougher rule most of the UK universities will also suffer as they recruit up to 70 per cent of their students from English language courses.

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