UK grants over 1 lakh student visas to Indian nationals till June 2023: Report

A total of 1,42,848 student visas were granted by the United Kingdom to Indian nationals in June 2023. It registered an increase of 54 per cent (49,883 more visas granted) than June 2022. Indian students made up for one-third of the total sponsored study grants to main applicants, the highest amongst all nationalities.

“Grants to study for Indian nationals have risen markedly since the year ending



June 2019 and are now around 7 times higher,” stated an official report released by the Home Office, Government of UK.

“For the year ending June 2023, there were 4,98,626 sponsored study visas that have been granted to main applicants, i.e., 23 per cent more than in the year ending June 2022 and double (+108 per cent) the year ending June 2019, prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic,” it added.