Home » America Travel News » Ireland Surpasses US, UK, And Canada As The Top Study Destination For Indian Students, With A Thirty eight percent Growth In Interest In Just One Year Thursday, May 15, 2025Ireland has emerged as a leading study destination for Indian students, surpassing traditional choices like the US, UK, and Canada with a remarkable 38% (Thirty eight percent) increase in interest. This surge can be attributed to several factors, including the country’s affordability, with tuition and living expenses significantly lower than in the US or UK, and the opportunity for post-study work through its Third Level…

An Indian student who recently appeared for his F-1 visa interview and got an approval stamp on his passport has shared all the questions and answers from his 4-minute interaction online, and the Internet is taking notes, quite literally. Those eyeing the United States for further studies are lapping up every detail. The student appeared for his interview at the US Embassy in New Delhi on June 3. He applied for an MS in Computer Science at Northeastern University. His visa was approved by a consular officer in her 40s. The Reddit user shared the full transcript of his visa…

Last week, US educators were shocked by secretary of state Marco Rubio’s announcement that he would “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students and enhance scrutiny of future visa applications for students from China and Hong Kong.   Rubio’s statement – released on May 28 and comprising two sentences – said the revocations would include “those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party” and those studying in “critical fields”.  In a State Department briefing the next day, federal official Tammy Bruce stated that the US “will not tolerate the CCP’s exploitation of US universities or [the] theft of US research, intellectual property,…

Harvard is being held accountable for collaboration with the CCP, fostering violence, antisemitism, and pro-terrorist conduct from students on its campus.WASHINGTON – Today, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered DHS to terminate the Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification.This means Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status.Harvard’s leadership has created an unsafe campus environment by permitting anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically assault individuals, including many Jewish students, and otherwise obstruct its once-venerable learning environment. Many of these agitators are foreign students. Harvard’s leadership further…

Last week, I arrived back in London on a high. I’d spent five weeks in India with British colleagues promoting the benefits of U.K. higher education in seven cities. My audience was some of the most talented and entrepreneurial young people in the world, and they have plenty of choices about where to follow their dreams. But I know from my decade as Chair of the U.K. National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) that British education is an extraordinary opportunity for Indian students and their host country. It’s a win-win if ever there was one in talent, skills, investment…

The nominee to head the US government agency for immigration has said he wants to “remove the ability for employment authorisations for F-1 students beyond the time that they are in school,” in effect ending post-graduation OPT.   Joseph Edlow, who is President Trump’s nominee for director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, made the comments before a Senate Judiciary Committee on May 21.   “I think the way in which OPT has been handled over the past four years, with the help of certain decisions coming out of the D.C. Circuit Court, have been a real problem in terms…

The findings show international students increasingly turning away from the US, Canada and Australia, and could signal an end to the decades-long dominance of the ‘big four’ trading market share, the report by Studyportals, NAFSA and Oxford Test of English suggests.   “For the first time, we’re seeing the big four’s collective market share shrink, and that market share being captured by non-big dour destinations,” said Studyportals head of communication, Cara Skikne.  The research offers near real-time data on student enrolment for the January – March 2025 intake, from 240 institutions across 48 countries.  It highlights a clear divergence in global…

The Graduate Route will be reduced from two years to 18 months Use of the Agent Quality Framework will become mandatory for any institution using recruitment agents to attract international students Compliance requirements for institutions sponsoring international students will be tightened New English language requirements for student dependants and skilled workers The UK government’s immigration white paper has been released today, tightening every area of the UK’s immigration system, including study, work and family.The UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised that “enforcement will be tougher than ever and migration numbers will fall”. The immigration white paper sets out changes…

A new role has been created in the Labor Government for international education as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced his new ministry this afternoon, with Julian Hill named as Assistant Minister for International Education as well as for Customs and Multicultural Affairs. Jason Clare keeps the Education portfolio, and Tony Burke remains as Home Affairs Minister. What the Prime Minister said During the press conference the Prime Minister was asked what the thinking was behind Julian Hill’s appointment and whether it related to putting caps on international students. The Prime Minister responded with: “International education is such an important export…