Property industry welcomes student accommodation amendment to immigration bill

The BPF began lobbying for this in 2013 after the Government’s consultation document on the Immigration Bill did not include an exemption for student accommodation. This led the BPF to table an amendment on the grounds that international students already go through rigorous visa checks before being accepted by a university.

Ian Fletcher, from the BPF, said: “We are very satisfied our amendments have been accepted. The time and resources that would have been spent by student accommodation providers carrying out these checks would have been completely wasted.”