UK Study Visa

Institutes In UK

  If you need a United Kingdom visa you must apply for one before you travel to the United Kingdom. Even when you hold a visa you will still need to pass through immigration control when you arrive. But if you are holding a visa you will not be refused permission to enter unless there has been some change in your circumstances or you gave false information or did not disclose important facts when you obtained the visa. Holders of visas may also be refused on medical grounds, if they have a criminal record, if they are subject to deportation order or if there are other exceptional reasons why they should not be admitted.

     You must be able to support and accommodate yourself and any dependents and pay for your studies without working in the UK and without recourse to public funds, except that:

- It is acceptable for support and accommodation and the cost of your studies to be provided by relatives or friends in the UK; and

- The income from part time work will provided and guaranteed by a publicly funded institution of further or higher education in the UK at which you are studying maybe taken into account when assessing your financial means.

     It is not necessary to have finalized your arrangements but you must intend to study at a University, a publicly funded college of further or higher education, independent school or other genuine private educational institution. You must also be able to follow your intended course.

     Your course of study should occupy the whole or a substantial part of your time (at least 15 hours a week organized daytime study of a single subject or directly related subjects leading to a particular qualification).

     You must intent to leave the UK when your studies are completed.

How to APPLY for a Student Visa?

     If you wish to apply for an entry clearance you should fill in form IM2A (and related forms if applicable) which you can get free of charge from the nearest British mission offering a visa service. You can also apply at the British mission in the country where you are living. Where there is none in the country concerned, or it does not offer a full service, another British mission will have been designated to handle applications.

     Your application form maybe submitted by and or by post together with:

# Your Passport

# Two Recent passport size photographs

# The visa fee, which is non-refundable

# Any relevant diplomas or educational certificates or school you hold

# A letter from the University, College or School confirming your acceptance for the course of study in the UK and a statement of charges for the course.

# Evidence of the funds to pay for your stay and your course of studies in the UK or

# A letter from your host or sponsor in the UK to say that s/he will support and accommodate you during your course of studies, together with evidence that s/he can do so.