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New UK visa rules for students;
Indian law students can now intern in UK
WSN Network
LONDON: Britain
introduced new visa rules for Indian and other students of
non-European Union countries to prevent fraud and to put in place
more stringent immigration checks.
As per the new
rules, all British education providers (schools, colleges,
universities) who recruit international students need to be
registered with the UK Border Agency. Before a student makes a visa
application, he needs to ensure that he has an unconditional offer
of a study place from a licensed education provider.
Meanwhile, in a
significant ruling that will facilitate Indian law students applying
for internships in UK legal firms, a tribunal has held that refusal
by a firm to even consider applications by non- non-European
Economic Area (EEA) nationals amounts to ‘indirect racial
discrimination’.
The Employment
Appellate Tribunal in its ruling has said that employers cannot
justify their policy of not accepting applications for training
contracts from EEA nationals under the pretext of the requirement of
the work permit.
The ruling was a
result of a case filed by Indian student Ashokvardhan Purohit, who
accused Osborne Clarke Services, a top UK law firm, of
discrimination for automatically rejecting his application for
solicitor training on account of his nationality.
1 April 2009
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