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OXFORD OBSTACLE: 'Dramatic' rise in student visa pleas forces UK officials' hand.

OXFORD OBSTACLE:

UK says stop after 650 pc rise in student visa pleas

The British High Commission has temporarily suspended acceptance of new visa applications of students with effect from February 1 in north India after a suspicious 650 percent increase in student visa applications in three months. "From Feb 1, United Kingdom High Commission will stop accepting student visa applications under Tier 4 of the points based system at visa application centres in New Delhi, Chandigarh and Jalandhar," the regional director of UK Border Agency, Chris Dix, told reporters here Saturday.

CLOSE WATCH: Security troops have been setting up ambushes and intensified patrolling along the LOC.

Indo-Pak border on high alert over infiltration

According to intelligence received, 1,000 to 1,200 terrorists are staged along the border.

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