Overview

You can apply for a Tier 4 (General) student visa to study in the UK if you’re 16 or over and you:

have been offered a place on a course

can speak, read, write and understand English

have enough money to support yourself and pay for your course - the amount will vary depending on your circumstances

are from a country that’s not in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland

meet the other eligibility requirements

There will be no change to the rights and status of EU nationals living in the UK, nor UK nationals living in the EU, while the UK remains in the EU.

When to apply

The earliest you can apply for a visa is 3 months before you start your course.

You’ll usually get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks. You can check visa processing times for your country.

Fees

It costs £348 to apply for this visa from outside the UK.

You must pay £348 per person for any dependants.

You’ll also have to pay the healthcare surcharge as part of your application.

How long you can stay

You can arrive in the UK before your course starts:

up to 1 week before, if your course lasts 6 months or less

up to 1 month before, if your course lasts more than 6 months

How long you can stay depends on the kind of course you’re doing and what study you’ve already completed.

What you can and can’t do

You can:

Study

Work as a student union sabbatical officer

Apply from inside or outside the UK

Apply to extend your stay

Work in most jobs - depending on what level your course is and what kind of sponsor you have

You can’t:

Get public funds

Work in certain jobs, for example professional sportsperson or sports coach

Study at an academy or a local authority-funded school (also known as a maintained school)

You may be able to bring in family members (dependants).

Eligibility

You must have:

An unconditional offer of a place on a course with a licensed Tier 4 sponsor

Enough money to support yourself and pay for your course - the amount will vary depending on your        circumstances

Your course

You can do a course that’s one of the following:

Full-time leading to a qualification that’s at least level 6 on the Ofqual register

Part-time leading to a qualification that’s at least level 7 on the Ofqual register

An overseas course of degree level study that’s equal to a UK higher education course and is being run by an overseas higher education institution

Full-time, with at least 15 hours per week of organized daytime study, leading to a qualification which is at least level 3 on the Ofqual register

a recognised foundation programme as a postgraduate doctor or dentist

Postgraduate doctors and dentists

You can apply for this visa if you’re sponsored to do a recognised foundation programme and you’ve:

Finished a recognised UK degree in medicine or dentistry

Received that degree from a registered Tier 4 sponsor

Spent your final year and at least 1 other year of studies leading to that degree in the UK

Confirmation of acceptance for studies

Your education provider will send you a reference number called a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) once they’ve offered you a place on a course. You’ll need to enter this on your visa application.

You must apply for your visa no more than 6 months after you receive the CAS.

If you’ve studied in the UK before You can only get a CAS in certain situations if you’re applying from within the UK.

If you’re continuing your studies

You can get a CAS if you’re:

Re-sitting exams or repeating modules

Applying for the first time to a new institution to complete a course you started at an institution that lost its Tier 4 sponsorship

Applying to extend your stay to complete your studies because you’ve done (or want to do) a work placement or study abroad programme

Completing a PhD or other doctorate that you started studying under your last Tier 4 (General) student       visa

Applying after working as a student union sabbatical officer to complete a qualification you started studying under your last Tier 4 (General) student visa

Continuing your medical, dentistry or medical science degree after completing an intercalated course

If you’re starting a new course

You can get a CAS if your course is one of the following:

at a higher academic level than your previous course

at the same level and related to your previous course or career aspirations - it must be degree level or above at a Higher Education Institution (HEI)

intercalated to a medicine, dentistry or medical science course you started studying under a Tier 4 (General) student visa

If you’re applying to work in the UK

You can get a CAS if you’re applying to either:

Work as a student union sabbatical officer

Stay in the UK to look for work after you’ve finished your PhD or doctorate - the ‘Doctorate Extension            Scheme’ (DES)

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