Mr. Shari Irfan:

Visa access is something that is not talked about as it does not necessarily affect most of the people going back and forth within the island for their education. It affects people in my position. I only realised this once I ran for this role because a lot of these people reached out to me. Students like me conveyed that they were in the same position and that they were struggling with this. That is when I realised that I was not the only one and there are multiple people. The particular issue is that you have that lack of information, which is a general thing for everyone. Second, these students are not supported. If they apply for their visas or they look at the immigration service, they do all of that on their own. Oftentimes, they might have parents who do not speak the native language here. As they might not speak English, these students go out and do this on their own, which puts them in a very difficult position. For myself, I knew that if I were to go to Northern Ireland to pursue my studies, I would have to restart everything.