UK Border Agency staff failed to check thousands of tip-offs about overseas students, including whether they had actually enrolled on courses.
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, John Vine, found the UKBA had allowed a backlog of 153,000 notifications from sponsors of non-EU students to build up, including whether students were turning up for classes.
This could potentially have meant that thousands were wrongly allowed to remain in the country, he said.
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