Last year, 135,788 visas were granted to dependants of foreign students, nearly nine times the 2019 figure. PM Rishi Sunak told ministers the move would help bring migration down.

The home secretary will reportedly be analysing the number of dependants international students bring with them to the UK as part of an immigration review after figures increased five-fold in one year ...

Parin Shah, CEO at Back2Study, agreed that some Indian students are now exploring other options, even if they don’t have dependants. Many Indians marry in their mid-20s so choosing to study in the UK ...

Overseas care workers coming to the UK will no longer be allowed to bring dependants under new rules from mid-March aimed at tackling “unsustainable and unfair levels of migration”. The measures – ...

Which family members count as dependants? Under Australian immigration law, partners both married and de facto, as well as children, are seen as dependants and are as such members of the family unit.

The impact of the UK’s dependants policy change on international students from India are complex and multifaceted. While the policy aims to bring about certain advantages, it cannot be divorced ...