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Fake schools targeted by visa law
Published:  01 September, 2007

Bogus schools and colleges are to be targeted in a new drive to bring down the number of fake students being given visas to come to the UK. A registration scheme is to be replaced from 2009 by a requirement that private colleges outside the public review system obtain formal accreditation.

They will also be expected to report students failing to attend classes.

It follows concerns that some language schools have acted as a front for people working illegally.

About 300,000 foreign students are registered in the UK each year.

A minority are thought to get their visas through bogus language schools taking money for largely non existent courses.



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