Graduate Route in the UK for International Students

The New
Graduate Route
in the UK

Contents
Understanding Graduate Route
01
Eligibility Requirements
02
Impacts of Remote Learning
03
What About Dependants?
04
Works Under Graduate Route
05
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The New Graduate Route
What are the changes?

How Does it
Benefit You?
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.
Application
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.

 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.
FACTS
TO CONSIDER
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?

Which Students Can Apply?
The applicant needs
to possess a UK
student visa or Tier-4
UK student visa
which expires on or
after 1 July 2021.
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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?
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.*
The applicant should
have the proper
permission from their
financial sponsor (in
applicable cases).
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*impact of online and remote learning is discussed in upcoming sections.
UKVI (UK Visas and
Immigration) as well as the
UK government stipulates
the criteria.
Students are advised to
check UK government
website for latest updates.

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Impact of Online Learning
The pandemic lead to remote learning, how does it affect PSW?

Case no. 2
Case no. 1
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. .

Will there be a maintenance requirement?
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.
Case no. 3
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?

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?

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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