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UK will be more welcoming to Indonesians after Brexit, ambassador says
“To Indonesians who are interested in traveling or studying in the UK, [the country] will be an even more open, welcoming and positive place for Indonesians than it has been in the past,” he said on Friday.
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Pro-Brexit activists hold placards reading “I love WTO” as they demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on Feb. 14, 2019. (AFP/Adrian Dennis)
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ritish Ambassador to Indonesia Owen Jenkins says the United Kingdom will be more welcoming to Indonesians to study in Britain following the country's departure from the European Union, saying the UK will implement a new policy that will relax visa and stay permit requirements after Brexit takes place on Jan. 31.
Jenkins said the policy was in line with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's intention of making the UK more open and welcoming to tourists and students from across the globe.
“To Indonesians who are interested in traveling or studying in the UK, [the country] will be an even more open, welcoming and positive place for Indonesians than it has been in the past,” he said on Friday.
“I am happy to give the reassurance that the situation does not change. [sic] Indonesian students who wants to travel to the UK always needed a British visa and that does not change. Indonesian students in the UK who want to travel to the rest of Europe always needed a Schengen visa and that won’t change,” the British envoy said.
According to 2019 UK Immigration Statistics data, the UK government issued 2,997 student visas to Indonesians from the first quarter until the third quarter of 2019.
Indonesian students can study in Britain as long as they can pay their tuition fees or obtain a scholarship, such as from the government-backed Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) and UK-backed Chevening. (glh)
Editor’s note: Paragraph four in this article has been changed.
