- Home Office Revokes Visas Amid Ongoing Investigation
The United Kingdom’s Home Office has ordered some Nigerian nurses under investigation for alleged examination fraud to leave the country, despite their pending appeals.
According to Nursing Times, the affected nurses have received deportation letters, instructing them to leave the UK from next week. Their visas have also been revoked, further complicating their legal battle.
The deportation orders stem from an ongoing probe by the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) into suspected malpractice at Yunnik Technologies Test Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State. The investigation, which began in 2023, was triggered by anomalous data patterns in the computer-based test (CBT) required for foreign nurses seeking UK registration.
The NMC’s findings suggested that 48 registered nurses and 669 applicants might have fraudulently obtained their test results from the centre. Consequently, the council ruled that all test results from Yunnik Technologies were invalid.
While the NMC promised to review each case individually, many of the affected nurses have denied any wrongdoing. In February 2025, about 50 of them sent a pre-action protocol letter to the NMC, accusing the council of deliberately delaying their hearings. They also urged the NMC to collaborate with the Home Office to allow them to remain in the UK while their appeals were ongoing.
With the Home Office now pressing for their immediate departure, the fate of the accused nurses remains uncertain.
