Student visas

obviously there a few countries in the middle east region where we should even give a bag of rice to, let alone a student visa

most other countries visas are no problem

obviously there a few countries in the middle east region where we should even give a bag of rice to, let alone a student visa

most other countries visas are no problem

I agree, I do think they need to crack down on it more. I'm at Liverpool John Moores and a man was arrested outside the library because of suspected terrorist activity...him being a student here. Has made me and others abit wary now. I know you cant generalise it to everyone and say every foreign student is going to be like this, ofcourse they aren't, but it does happen. They need to have stricter rules.

The visa application system desperately needs sorting out. I think ideally it should be something like the US visa system. When I applied for a J1 visa to study in America for a year I had to attend an interview at the embassy, provide solid references, proof of financial backing and I had to fill in masses of forms and list all of the countries I've previously visited and for what purpose. Even when I eventually got my visa, the US authorities were still very suspicious of me at the various airports I flew into over there, once I was even hauled off to the airport police station to check that my visa was valid and ended up staying there for ages while they rang up my host university and triple checked all of my travel documents. If the system was similarly thorough in the UK, it would prevent prospective terrorists from coming over here so easily, but the system would also remain open to genuine students.

The american visa system is ridiculous, my dad wanted me to go to the same uni he went to in america but i decided not to becuase the whole process was too much stress

It's not ridiculous, it's just very strict for security reasons. It was actually quite reassuring that it was such a thorough application process, it made me feel safer when I was over there.