The creation of a new two-year post-study work visa route will encourage more individuals to go to the UK for higher studies and this will help achieve its aim of having six lakh international students by 2030, British Deputy High Commissioner to India Jan Thompson said on Wednesday.

Under the so-called “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds” rule put forward by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on August 14, the US will disqualify legal immigrants from obtaining permanent resident status, commonly known as green cards

Two years after Chennaibased Krish Iyer’s (name changed on request) twin sons went to the US for their higher education, they were ambivalent about moving back to India. Iyer, who is a serial entrepreneur, wanted them to enter the job market on an equal footing with everyone else and not be dependent on the vagaries of the ever-changing visa policies.