If the course starts on Jan 2020/2021, does the post-study work visa for 2 years still apply in the UK?
The UK education sector is excited because post-study work benefits will be offered to international students for two years after graduation, and students graduating in the 2020/21 academic year will benefit from this new immigration rule. So, it is applicable for those who are completing their graduation in 20/21.

International students represent half of all full-time graduate students, Study in the UK in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics subjects. The new immigration route … will mean that international graduates in any subject, including STEM, can stay in the UK for two years to find work. The new immigration route will allow eligible students to work or seek work at any skill level, and they will be able to change to the Qualified Work route if they find a job that meets their requirements.
The initial announcement said that the new work visa will be available for those who begin courses in 2020/21 and later. This confused many students at various stages of their studies. Higher education than three groups of students are “very concerned today”: those who begin courses this month, those in the United Kingdom with valid student visas when the change is applied and students “who are currently graduating.”
The new visa will apply to any level of job in any sector. It is aimed not only to retain the “best and brightest” in the UK but to facilitate “future advances in science, technology and research and other leading global work that international talent brings to the UK.
International students require their higher education provider to sponsor their study visas, but the new work visa would offer a “non-sponsored route” where universities would not have to maintain the responsibility of their graduates while trying to access the labor market. After two years, the Department of Education states that international students “on the [postgraduate] route may change to the qualified work route if they find a job that meets the route’s skill requirements.”
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