Graduate Route in the UK for International Students

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Understanding Graduate Route
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Eligibility Requirements
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Impacts of Remote Learning
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What About Dependants?
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Works Under Graduate Route
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The New Graduate Route
What are the changes?
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The UK government announced its decision to
launch the novel Graduate Route for international
students from the summer of 2021. The scheme
previously referred to as post-study work (PSW)
allows foreign students who complete a course in
the UK, to stay and work in the country for 2
years after completing the same.

• Students who complete course at Bachelors level
  or higher will get 2 years of post-study work
  (PSW) in the UK.
• Those who complete PhD in the UK gets an
  additional year of PSW, making it a total of 3
  years.
• The graduate route expects to go live by 1 July
  2021, which is the earliest date on which you can
  submit a visa application under this programme.
• Your student visa must be valid (not expired) as
  on 1 July 2021 in order for you to proceed with
  visa application under the Graduate Immigration
  Route.

How Does it Benefit You?
The Graduate route will require a new visa
application, which will only be possible from
inside the UK. A payment of a visa fee of 700
and the Immigration Health Surcharge at the full
rate of 624 per year will be applicable.
Application
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FACTS
TO CONSIDER

• Through the new Graduate route, the UK
  government aims to retain the brightest and the
  best international students to continue to
  contribute to society and the economy after their
  studies in the country.

The Novel Graduate Route was initially announced
11 September 2019, followed by the release of a
fact sheet on 14 October the same year. The UK
home office emphasises that it will be
implemented by April 2021 or later as the country
is implementing a whole new migration system,
which came into existence from January 2021.
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Eligibility Requirements
Do you qualify for post-study work under the
Graduate Route?
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• Which Students Can Apply?

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The applicant needs to possess a UK student visa
or Tier-4 UK student visa which expires on or
after 1 July 2021.
The applicant must complete a course at the
undergraduate level or higher using the said
student visa in the UK.
The university needs to notify UKVI that the
student has completed the course successfully,
before the initiation of the application process.
You must not have been granted a visa under the
Graduate Immigration Route previously.
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• Which Students Can Apply?

UKVI (UK Visas and Immigration) as well as the UK
government stipulates the criteria.
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The applicant must have spent at least 12 months
in the UK studying the course if the course
duration is more than 12 months.
You should have spent the entire course duration
in the UK itself if the course span is less
than12 months.
Students are advised to check UK government
website for latest updates.
The applicant should have the proper permission
from their financial sponsor (in applicable
cases).
impact of online and remote learning is
discussed in upcoming sections.
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Impact of Online Learning
The pandemic lead to remote learning, how does it
affect PSW?
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You need to enter the UK on or before 21 June
2021 In this case, you can proceed with a visa
application under the Graduate Immigration Route.
But, the course must have started in 2020, its
duration should be 12 months or less, and you
should not have travelled to the UK yet to study
the specified course under which you were granted
the student visa.
You need to return to the UK on or before the end
date of your course In this scenario, to be
eligible for the Graduate Immigration Route, the
course should have started in 2021, the duration
must be 12 months or less. Also, you should
have travelled to the UK and started studying
your course using the issued student visa but
later left the UK and studied remotely due to the
pandemic. .
Case no. 1
Case no. 2
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Case no. 3
You have to come back to the UK before your
student visa or Tier 4 visa expires In this
case, your course duration should exceed 12
months and you pursued the course remotely
between 24 January 2020 and 27 September 2021,
due to the coronavirus pandemic. You need to make
sure that you return to the UK before your
student visa expires. You should have spent at
least 12 months studying in the UK. Additionally,
the sum of the time you have spent in the UK
studying your course (with a student visa or Tier
4 visa) and remote learning outside the UK
(between 24 January 2020 and 27 September 2021)
during your student visa period must be 12 months
or more.
Will there be a maintenance requirement?
As per the current stipulations, the Home Office
has not specified any maintenance requirements,
however such a change cannot be completely ruled
out. Further if you are fully-funded by a
government or an international scholarship
agency, you need the consent of the sponsor to
stay in the UK after your studies.
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What About Dependants?
Can They Stay in the UK With You?
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About Your Partner and/or Children
The current guidelines specifies that those
dependants who are already in UK with the Tier-4
student can reside in the UK during the stay-back
period after the course. Children born in the UK
on your most recent UK student visa also qualify
for dependant status. However, those who
received sponsorship from a Government or
International Scholarship Agency 12 months prior
to the visa application must obtain a letter of
consent from the sponsor in order for them to
stay in the UK whilst on the Graduate Route.
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Working Under Graduate Route
What type of work is permitted?
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• What You Can Cannot Do?

You will be permitted to do any type of work
during the stay-back period after the course
except as a professional sportsperson or coach.
Self-employment is also allowed. You can later
switch to a skilled worker visa (Tier-2) under
the points-based migration system, subject to the
satisfaction of required criteria.
You cannot claim public funds or pursue a course
at an institution that has Student Sponsor
Status, where the study level matches that of a
student visa. The Home Office has also implied
that the route could be closed if participants
choose for low-skilled jobs, so we recommend that
you select a skilled-category job, according to
your qualifications.
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