According to a report, 22.7% of UK study visa applications from Nigerians were withdrawn in the first half of 2026, up from just 4.5% in the same period last year. Pakistan was hit the hardest, with withdrawals jumping from 3% to 40.9%.
Due to the new sponsorship rules that took effect from June 1, 2026, the UK Home Office has doubled study visa refusals this year and tightened the rules for universities.
Schools now risk losing their licence to recruit foreign students if more than 5% of students they give offers to get their visas rejected. Meanwhile, the previous threshold was 10%. So, to avoid getting banned, many universities are now playing safe by pre-emptively revoking offers from countries with high refusal rates.
Due to the new sponsorship rules that took effect from June 1, 2026, the UK Home Office has doubled study visa refusals this year and tightened the rules for universities.
Schools now risk losing their licence to recruit foreign students if more than 5% of students they give offers to get their visas rejected. Meanwhile, the previous threshold was 10%. So, to avoid getting banned, many universities are now playing safe by pre-emptively revoking offers from countries with high refusal rates.
Students should seek alternatives.
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ReplyDeleteSo what will happen to those that they already accepted? This is very sad 😢
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