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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