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Visa uncertainty – more to the point its inverse, visa certainty, is becoming a defining factor of international student mobility this year. As visa rejection rates have risen in the Big Four study destinations, student demand has shifted to a wider field of institutions and countries, and the survey data this year makes it clear that students' confidence that they can obtain a study visa is playing an important part in that market-shaping trend.

We take a closer look this week at how rising rejection rates are affecting students in five key growth markets: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Nigeria, and Pakistan. The details are in our feature item below, and it seems clear that this is a data set that we will have in focus throughout this year.

Also this week: why more study visa applications are being withdrawn in the UK, the Netherlands reports its first-ever decline in foreign enrolment, what we can learn from Azerbaijan about shifting student markets, and a special feature on the factors that drive conversion after the admissions offer.

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|UK: Visa application withdrawals surpass refusals in Q1 2026 

Visa application withdrawals have been climbing steadily over the last two years in the UK and, for the first time in 20 years, the number of withdrawals exceeded the number of refusals in the first quarter of this year. 

The withdrawals are being triggered by students and institutions alike, and are fairly concentrated by student nationality with applicants from Pakistan alone accounting for more than 40% of Q1 withdrawals.

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|Ascending in world university rankings and highly affordable, Azerbaijan is strengthening its offer to international students

In this new era of geopolitics, some countries that have historically had very small international student populations are spotting opportunities to become regional higher education hubs.

Azerbaijan, situated right between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, is quickly internationalising its higher education system. Azerbaijan’s universities are soaring in world university rankings, and affordable tuition makes them even more compelling.

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|Netherlands reports first-ever decrease in foreign enrolment for 2025/26

International student enrolment declined marginally over the past academic year. In absolute terms, the decrease is close to zero, but it is notable nonetheless as the first such dip in 20 years.

The lower numbers in 2025/26 are concentrated at the undergraduate level, which opens the door to concerns about the impact of declining bachelor's enrolments over time.

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|What is happening to student mobility flows between the Global South and Global North? 

This article presents a deep dive into enrolment and visa trends across the Big Four with regard to students from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Nigeria, and Pakistan. 

Together, these five major student source countries represent anywhere from 30% to 40%+ of the entire international student body in Big Four destinations. Their outbound trends serve as a bellwether for larger trends in global student mobility.

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cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break:break-word;">               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px" id="contentRegion" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;padding-top: 15px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Lucida Bright,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><b><font color="#dc4566">|</font><font color="#065089">&nbsp;</font></b></strong></span><span style="color:#20264c;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="font-family:Lucida
Bright,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>UK: Visa application withdrawals surpass refusals in Q1 2026 </strong></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;">Visa application withdrawals have been climbing steadily over the last two years in the UK and, for the first time in 20 years, the number of withdrawals exceeded the number of refusals in the first quarter of this year. </span></span></span></span><p><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;">The withdrawals are being triggered by students and institutions alike, and
are fairly concentrated by student nationality with applicants from Pakistan alone accounting for more than 40% of Q1 withdrawals.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="border: 0; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 30px;mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;">                      <div style="word-break:break-word; border: 0; mso-border-alt: 0; text-align:center; ">                       <div style="display: inline-block; border: 0; mso-border-alt: 0; ">               
        <a href="https://communications.icef.com/e/937843/s-surpass-refusals-in-q1-2026-/67c15r/1141025692/h/tN84hgrcmNO_k9wqbqpC9mSKfwnMBxrznWuV2Xuuor4" style="direction:ltr;display:block;text-align:center;margin:0; font-family:Lucida Bright, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:16px; padding-top: 8px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 8px;padding-left: 20px; color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;border:0;background-color:#202566;border-radius:5px;mso-padding-alt:0;" target="_blank"><!--[if mso]><i style="background-color:#202566; letter-spacing: 20px; mso-text-raise: 8px; mso-font-width: -100%;">&nbsp;</i><![endif]--><span>Read More</span><!--[if mso]><i style="background-color:#202566; letter-spacing: 20px; mso-text-raise: -8px; mso-font-width: -100%;">&nbsp;</i><![endif]--></a>                       </div>                      </div></td>         
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cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">                      <div style="text-align: center;">                       <span style="color:#eeebeb;">•</span>                      </div></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>              </table></td>            </tr>           </tbody>          </table>          <table class="contentbuilderBaseColumnRow" style="align-items: flex-start; width: 100%; background-color:;" role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">           <tbody>            <tr valign="top">             <td width="100%" class="columnCell" style="vertical-align: top;display: inline-block; float:left">              <table cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break:break-word;">               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px" id="contentRegion" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;padding-top: 15px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Lucida Bright,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><b><font color="#dc4566">|</font><font color="#065089">&nbsp;</font></b></strong></span><span style="color:#20264c;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="font-family:Lucida Bright,Times New
Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>Ascending in world university rankings and highly affordable, Azerbaijan is strengthening its offer to international students</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;">In this new era of geopolitics, some countries that have historically had very small international student populations are spotting opportunities to become regional higher education hubs.</span></span></span></span><p><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;">Azerbaijan, situated right between Eastern Europe and Western
Asia, is quickly internationalising its higher education system. Azerbaijan’s universities are soaring in world university rankings, and affordable tuition makes them even more compelling.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="border: 0; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 30px;mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;">                      <div style="word-break:break-word; border: 0; mso-border-alt: 0; text-align:center; ">                       <div style="display:
inline-block; border: 0; mso-border-alt: 0; ">                        <a href="https://communications.icef.com/e/937843/fer-to-international-students-/67c15v/1141025692/h/tN84hgrcmNO_k9wqbqpC9mSKfwnMBxrznWuV2Xuuor4" style="direction:ltr;display:block;text-align:center;margin:0; font-family:Lucida Bright, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:16px; padding-top: 8px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 8px;padding-left: 20px; color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;border:0;background-color:#202566;border-radius:5px;mso-padding-alt:0;" target="_blank"><!--[if mso]><i style="background-color:#202566; letter-spacing: 20px; mso-text-raise: 8px; mso-font-width: -100%;">&nbsp;</i><![endif]--><span>Read More</span><!--[if mso]><i style="background-color:#202566; letter-spacing: 20px; mso-text-raise: -8px; mso-font-width: -100%;">&nbsp;</i><![endif]--></a>         
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font-size: 14px" id="contentRegion" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">                      <div style="text-align: center;">                       <span style="color:#eeebeb;">•</span>                      </div></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>              </table></td>            </tr>           </tbody>          </table>          <table class="contentbuilderBaseColumnRow" style="align-items: flex-start; width: 100%; background-color:#EDFAFF;" role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">           <tbody>            <tr valign="top">             <td width="100%" class="columnCell" style="vertical-align:
top;display: inline-block; float:left">              <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break:break-word;">               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break:break-word;" id="contentRegion" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td align="Center"><a href="https://communications.icef.com/e/937843/y-standards-train-your-agents-/67c15y/1141025692/h/tN84hgrcmNO_k9wqbqpC9mSKfwnMBxrznWuV2Xuuor4" target="_blank"><img src="https://icef.cdn.salesforce-experience.com/cms/delivery/media/MCLXYPGYVOANFELK5H7HUZRJBNRM?oid=00D20000000KJkhEAG&amp;channelId=0ap6M000000fxSaQAI" alt="ICEF Train Your Agents: Counsellor-level training at scale across your agent
network" width="600" style="width: 100%; display: block; border: none; max-width: 100%; object-fit: fill;"></a></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>              </table></td>            </tr>           </tbody>          </table>          <table class="contentbuilderBaseColumnRow" style="align-items: flex-start; width: 100%; background-color:#F4F4F4;" role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">           <tbody>            <tr valign="top">             <td width="100%" class="columnCell" style="vertical-align: top;display: inline-block; float:left">              <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break:break-word;">               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="width:
100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px" id="contentRegion" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;">                      <div style="text-align: center;">                       <span style="color:#eeebeb;">•</span>                      </div></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>              </table></td>            </tr>           </tbody>          </table>          <table class="contentbuilderBaseColumnRow" style="align-items: flex-start; width: 100%; background-color:;" role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">           <tbody>            <tr
valign="top">             <td width="100%" class="columnCell" style="vertical-align: top;display: inline-block; float:left">              <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break:break-word;">               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px" id="contentRegion" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;padding-top: 15px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Lucida Bright,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><b><font color="#dc4566">|</font><font
color="#065089">&nbsp;</font></b></strong></span><span style="color:#20264c;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="font-family:Lucida Bright,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>Netherlands reports first-ever decrease in foreign enrolment for 2025/26</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;">International student enrolment declined marginally over the past academic year. In absolute terms, the decrease is close to zero, but it is notable nonetheless as the first such dip in 20 years.</span></span></span></span><p><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="color:#00050d;"><span
style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;">The lower numbers in 2025/26 are concentrated at the undergraduate level, which opens the door to concerns about the impact of declining bachelor's enrolments over time.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="border: 0; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 30px;mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;">                      <div style="word-break:break-word; border: 0;
mso-border-alt: 0; text-align:center; ">                       <div style="display: inline-block; border: 0; mso-border-alt: 0; ">                        <a href="https://communications.icef.com/e/937843/foreign-enrolment-for-2025-26-/67c162/1141025692/h/tN84hgrcmNO_k9wqbqpC9mSKfwnMBxrznWuV2Xuuor4" style="direction:ltr;display:block;text-align:center;margin:0; font-family:Lucida Bright, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:16px; padding-top: 8px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 8px;padding-left: 20px; color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;border:0;background-color:#202566;border-radius:5px;mso-padding-alt:0;" target="_blank"><!--[if mso]><i style="background-color:#202566; letter-spacing: 20px; mso-text-raise: 8px; mso-font-width: -100%;">&nbsp;</i><![endif]--><span>Read More</span><!--[if mso]><i style="background-color:#202566; letter-spacing:
20px; mso-text-raise: -8px; mso-font-width: -100%;">&nbsp;</i><![endif]--></a>                       </div>                      </div></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>              </table></td>            </tr>           </tbody>          </table>          <table class="contentbuilderBaseColumnRow" style="align-items: flex-start; width: 100%; background-color:#F4F4F4;" role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">           <tbody>            <tr valign="top">             <td width="100%" class="columnCell" style="vertical-align: top;display: inline-block; float:left">              <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break:break-word;">               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                 
<table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px" id="contentRegion" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;">                      <div style="text-align: center;">                       <span style="color:#eeebeb;">•</span>                      </div></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>              </table></td>            </tr>           </tbody>          </table>          <table class="contentbuilderBaseColumnRow" style="align-items: flex-start; width: 100%; background-color:;" role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">           <tbody> 
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color="#065089">&nbsp;</font></b></strong></span><span style="color:#20264c;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="font-family:Lucida Bright,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>What is happening to student mobility flows between the Global South and Global North? </strong></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;">This article presents a deep dive into enrolment and visa trends across the Big Four with regard to students from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Nigeria, and Pakistan. </span></span></span></span><p><span style="color:#00050d;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="color:#00050d;"><span
style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Open Sans,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:1.5;">Together, these five major student source countries represent anywhere from 30% to 40%+ of the entire international student body in Big Four destinations. Their outbound trends serve as a bellwether for larger trends in global student mobility.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="border: 0; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom:
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Bright,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><b><font color="#dc4566">|</font><font color="#065089">&nbsp;</font></b></span></span></strong><span style="color:#20264c;"><span style="font-family:Lucida Bright,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><b>Recommended Reading</b></span></span></span></p>                      </div></td>                    </tr>                   </tbody>                  </table></td>                </tr>               </tbody>              </table></td>            </tr>           </tbody>          </table>          <table class="contentbuilderBaseColumnRow" style="align-items: center; width: 100%; background-color:;" role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">           <tbody>            <tr valign="middle">             <td width="50%" class="columnCell" style="vertical-align: middle;display: inline-block; float:left">       
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width="300" style="width: 100%; display: block; border: none; max-width: 100%; object-fit: contain;"></a></td>                     </tr>                    </tbody>                   </table></td>                 </tr>                </tbody>               </table>              </div></td>             <td width="50%" class="columnCell" style="vertical-align: middle;display: inline-block; float:left">              <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break:break-word;">               <tbody>                <tr>                 <td>                  <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px" id="contentRegion" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" locked="0">                   <tbody>                    <tr>                     <td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica,
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