Afghanistan, Oct. 12 -- Universities across the United Kingdom are withdrawing admission offers, suspending recruitment or introducing stricter screening for applicants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria and India amid tougher student visa compliance rules that could put their sponsorship licences at risk.
According to The Business Standard, the restrictions follow a sharp increase in withdrawn UK study visa applications and growing concerns among universities that visa refusals could push them beyond the limits set by the Home Office. The measures vary by institution and do not constitute a blanket ban on students from the four countries.
A Financial Times analysis of Home Office data found that 10.5 percent of UK study visa applications...