UK Regional Manager for Visas and Immigration, Mandy Ivemy on Wednesday warned the aspirant students of dishonest agents for getting study visas, urging the applicants to follow instructions available on the official website to avoid troubles. Giving briefing to newsmen on UK students and business visa processes at British Deputy High Commission, she said that her government preferred welcoming to brilliant students from Pakistan.
"The UK wants to attract the brightest and best to study in the UK but at the same time to ensure that everyone who comes to the UK is a genuine student coming to study at an approved and reputable institution," she said. She said that the agents could not guarantee issuance of visas for study in the UK, advising the students to choose them, if needed, carefully for any visa-related advices.
She warned the students against using fake documents as such tactics would result in visa rejection, saying the UK bureaucracy is strict against the forged credentials by applicants. Some 3000 forged documents the UK visa office rejected in 2012 which were used for getting visas, she said, adding that the applicants using fake credentials would be banned for up to 10 years.
Ivemy said that the UK would issue visas to all students, who succeeded in the interview. She said that an immigration officer based in UK would conduct interviews of all Pakistani student-visa applicants through a video-link at the visa application centre. "In addition, we may invite some students for a further interview at the British High Commission to check whether they qualify for visas," she said, adding the genuine students should not worry for interviews. She made it clear that there was no cap on the number of students but the UK would only entertain the genuine applicants for visas.
"The UK Visas and Immigration have increased the number of student visa applicants interviewed around the world. Interviewing is one of the tools that we use to protect the integrity of the immigration system," she explained. She said that the UK Visas and Immigration intended to interview over 100,000 visa applicants globally in financial year 2013-14.
"A large number of rejected applicants has either submitted forged documents, not provided enough supporting evidence or not met the criteria as explained on our website," Ivemy further explained. She urged the students to go through the information available on the official website free of charge including a list of approved educational institutions in the UK and make sure to meet the visa requirements.
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