January 2, 2024

…Exempts postgraduate research or government-funded scholarship students

The United Kingdom Home Office has announced a ban on overseas students including those from Nigeria from bringing family members into the country.

According to a message from the UK Home Office in a New Year post on X (formerly Twitter), this takes effect January 1, 2024.

The Home Office, however, exempted postgraduate research or government-funded scholarship students from the ban.

“We are fully committed to seeing a decisive cut in migration,” it said

“From today (Monday), new overseas students will no longer be able to bring family members to the UK.”