International Students Trapped in UK due to Visa Delays

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International Students Trapped in Visa Delays..

Overseas students in the UK are complaining they are trapped in a legal limbo by visa delays which mean they do not have the right either to stay or go back home.

Students claim they have waited for up to five months without their passports.

Hundreds have signed a protest petition claiming their "basic rights" are being denied by delays in processing visas.

The UK Border Agency said applications from students would be "worked through by the end of the summer".

'Complete outrage' The National Union of Students (NUS) says this is becoming a "serious problem" and a "complete outrage" which puts at risk the ability of UK universities to attract overseas students.

A US student, Jordan Junge, who has just finished a £17,000 masters degree at the London School of Economics, says she has been waiting for almost five months for her visa to be processed and her documents returned.

Read more : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18888210
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent