Dear Tana,
I think it depends were you are from. If you are from the EU you can stay as long as you want, get a job etc. If you are from outside of the UK I am not 100% sure. I think there are special regulations for students from the comomwealth, but for the others I think it depends on the visum they have got. Perhaps the Foreign Office can provide you with more information regarding this issue.:-)
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Having a UK PhD and/or a scholarship from a UK university does not alter the ability to reside in the UK once you have finished - I don't even think it puts you in any fast-track immigration system (like the US visa system for science PhDs).
If you're a European citizen (as Rick says), you have a right to live and work in the UK. If you're an international student, then once your student visa finishes, then legally you must leave the UK unless you have a work visa (i.e. have job), or your student visa is extended.
I'm not sure about the rules for Commonwealth countries, but Germaine Greer has just been on the TV this morning saying she still has problems getting back into the UK despite the fact she's lived her for decades.
u can stay up to 2 years on Tier 1 visa, after can extend ur visa if u have highly skilled work with salary over 30 gran need to count age and degree and so on.
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