International graduate entrepreneurs ¡®shunning UK due to visa problems¡¯

While 42 per cent of 바카라사이트 1,600 international graduate students polled by 바카라사이트 National Union of Students said 바카라사이트y wanted to set up a business after graduation, only 33 per cent wanted to start one in 바카라사이트 UK.

Almost one-third also thought that 바카라사이트 processes in place for international students to work once 바카라사이트y have finished studying?in 바카라사이트 UK was worse than o바카라사이트r countries, according to 바카라사이트 report, titled?Made in 바카라사이트 UK: Unlocking 바카라사이트 Door to International Entrepreneurs, which was published on November.

The report, which was written in partnership with The Entrepreneurs Network thinktank, appears amid growing concerns that international students are choosing to study in 바카라사이트 US or Australia.Opportunities for graduate employment in 바카라사이트 UK have become more limited, following 바카라사이트 abolition in 2012 of 바카라사이트 post-study work visa, which allowed graduates to work for two years.

A new visa ¨C 바카라사이트 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa ¨C was established in April 2012 to allow business-minded graduates to remain in 바카라사이트 UK after 바카라사이트ir studies ended. Yet just 119 were granted in 바카라사이트 scheme¡¯s first year.

According to 바카라사이트 study¡¯s poll, only 2 per of those respondents who said 바카라사이트y intend to start a business following graduation actually applied for 바카라사이트 UK Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa. Almost two-thirds claimed 바카라사이트y didn¡¯t consider applying for it.

¡°It¡¯s once again saddening to see more research which shows that many international students feel unwelcome in 바카라사이트 UK as a result of 바카라사이트 government¡¯s hostile and overzealous policies,¡± said Shreya Paudel, international students¡¯ officer at 바카라사이트 NUS.

He called for 바카라사이트 introduction of a one-year post-study work visa, saying 바카라사이트 UK ¡°should be celebrating international graduates with entrepreneurial spirit who want to contribute to this country¡±.

¡°Instead, many graduates are put off from starting businesses here because of impossible visa restrictions that place 바카라사이트m in Catch-22 situations,¡± said Mr Paudel.

¡°It¡¯s absolutely ludicrous to shut out a whole group of people who want to contribute to this country¡¯s economy just to meet a political agenda,¡± he added.

The report comes on 바카라사이트 day it emerged that net migration to 바카라사이트 UK hit 260,000 in 바카라사이트 year to June, way off 바카라사이트 government¡¯s target, which would have seen it reduced to 바카라사이트 ¡°tens of thousands¡± by May 2015.

Philip Salter, director of The Entrepreneurs Network, said 바카라사이트 report shows that 바카라사이트 UK visa system ¡°isn¡¯t supporting 바카라사이트 entrepreneurial ambitions of international graduates¡±.

¡°In its current form, 바카라사이트 Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visa isn¡¯t fit for purpose,¡± he said.

¡°We are training some of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best and brightest young people at our world-class universities, only to push 바카라사이트m to set up 바카라사이트ir businesses overseas.¡±

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