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The new Chair and Vice-Chair have taken up their positions as of 1 January 2025 and will serve for one year.

On 14 January 2025, the Home Office circulated the finalised remote delivery policy together with a supporting Q&A.

On Wednesday 8 January 2025, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) released new applicant guidance for the Academic Technology Approval System (ATAS) process.

As we close out 2024, it’s a useful time to reflect on the opportunities and challenges our members and international students have faced. I also want to thank my team and all of our members for their tireless efforts to support international students in the UK, in a year full of change and complexity.

Following the 2024 roll-out of digital immigration permission (eVisas) to Students and other groups of visa holders, we plan to hold a members’ online symposium on eVisas on Friday 31 January 2025 (10am-12pm).