Another candidate, Q Manivannan, did run despite also being in the UK on a student visa and they were elected as an MSP.
His appointment will be rubber-stamped by the King before a signing-in ceremony at the Court of Session on Wednesday.
Kenneth Gibson has seen off competition from two party rivals and Lib Dem Liam McArthur to land the job.
Swinney says the meeting will discuss the constitution but Sir Keir says it is just to talk about "shared issues".
The party claims that Independent Green Voice tricked voters by using a similar name and logo.
Helen McDade, one of Reform's 17 new MSPs, has called for other parties to stop "posturing".
The final results of the Scottish Parliament election in the Highlands and Islands were announced 16 hours after the start of counting.
The post-mortem has begun among Scottish Labour but can anything be done to turn the party's fortunes around?
The Scottish Labour leader defended his party's campaign after a poor result in Thursday's election.
