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| The UK is home to some of the world's most famous educational establishments You can help shape your future by studying at one of these prestigious institutions, ranging from leading management/business institutions to famous names such as Oxford and Cambridge. |
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The UK offers British Student Visas to encourage foreign students to study in the UK at renowned establishments. Aside from the general Student Visa, medical professionals such as student nurses, midwives, postgraduate doctors and dentists can apply to train and/or further their studies in the UK.
The fourth tier of the new points based UK immigration service focuses upon overseas who wish to gain entry clearance to study in the UK.
Tier four visas replace the UK student visa service and place more emphasis upon the responsibility of the educational body in question for the applicants they permit to study. The aim of this tier immigration service is to provide a more user-friendly, transparent route to studying in the UK.
With the exception of tier 1 visas, which directly replace the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme or HSMP, all tier visas for the new system will require a certificate of sponsorship from the relevant sponsor. In this case, the sponsor will be the educational institution offering a place which a student has accepted. Each sponsoring institution will be required to vouch for the ability of students.
Our immigration consultants can guide you at every stage of obtaining a visa for the UK, whichever tier visa service is right for you.
Students will be granted leave to enter the UK for the purposes of completing their course at a specified institution. The grant will also take into account the time needed to conclude affairs and attend graduation. Changing from one course to another at the same establishment will not require a new application; however, changing a sponsor or obtaining a UK tier visa extension will require a further application to be lodged.
This level of the new system is not designed as a route to settled status in Britain and does not provide the opportunity to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK (ILR) or permanent residency. A Tier 4 visa is a temporary immigration service designed with a specific purpose in mind and will not lead to British naturalization as a UK citizen. |
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Students are divided into three categories when applying for a UK visa at this level. Each category requires the satisfaction of separate criteria as set out below.
General Student
- Students studying in Britain at or above degree level in a publicly funded institution, or engaging in more than 15 hours of study per week. In this category, work is permitted for 20 hours each week rising to full time hours during holiday periods. Dependents are permitted to join students in this category.
School
- Students in full time study at an independent school up to the age of 18. Working hours are the same as the general student category but dependents are not permitted.
Study Through Work
- Students on courses of work experience or placements. Working hours will be the same as the other two categories and dependents will be permitted in instances where the principal applicant will be in the country in excess of 12 months.
Family visa services such as the marriage visa, fiance visa and unmarried partner visa, or De Facto visa will continue to function independently of the new system, however they will not apply to applications of this kind.
To know more about this visa category or to book your appointment you can contact us by email at info@smartmove2uk.com |
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