HOW TO APPLY STUDENT VISA
A visa is an entry clearance certificate that is placed in your passport or travel document by an Entry Clearance Officer at a British mission overseas. The entry clearance certificate confers leave to enter the UK.
If you have a valid UK visa you will not normally be refused entry to the UK unless your circumstances have changed, or you gave false information or you failed to disclose important facts when you applied for your visa.
When you arrive in the UK, an Immigration Officer may question you, so take all relevant documents in your hand luggage.
Immigration Rules for Students
- You must intend to study at a publicly funded university or college, a bonafide private institution or a fee-paying independent school.
- You must be able to and intend to follow a full time degree course, or a weekday, full time course at a single institution involving at least 15 hours of organized, daytime study per week.
- You must be able to pay for your course and the living expenses of your husband or wife and children (if they are dependant on you) without working in UK or claiming public funds
- You must not intend to work in UK unless you are accepted for a course lasting longer than six months, when you may work part-time or during vacations.
- You must intend to leave UK at the end of your studies
