Tier 4 visa application guidance- applying outside of the UK · Tier 4 visa application guidance-...
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International Student Team Tier 4 visa application guidance- applying outside of the UK This document is intended to provide guidance on the parts of the Tier 4 application form that the International Student Team receive the most queries about. Applicants should provide answers to at least all of the questions marked with a * Other sources of information that you may find useful when applying for your visa include: International Students area of the International Student Team website Tier 4 policy guidance UKVI website UKCISA website To start an overseas Tier 4 visa application please go to the UKVI website https://www.gov.uk/tier- 4-general-visa/apply
Tier 4 visa application guidance- applying outside of the UK · Tier 4 visa application guidance- applying outside of the UK This document is intended to provide guidance on the parts
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Your intended date of travel will inform the start date of your Tier 4 visa. You are entitled to a visa that is valid up to 1 month before your course start date. If you enter an intended travel date that is later than this, your visa will be valid from 7 days before the date you have entered in the application
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All applicants should select these three options in order to access the correct application
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Click here to proceed
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Please complete this section with the required information
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Please complete this section with the required information
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If you are intending to bring family members with you to the UK, they will need to complete their own Tier 4 dependant visa application. Only students who are on a course that is 12 months or longer and NQF7 or above are eligible to bring their spouse and children which the exception of government sponsored students whose course has to be just 6 months or longer.
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Please enter the duration of your course as specified in your CAS
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If you have not yet received the exact details of your accommodation, please enter the main contact details of your College
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Please complete this section with the relevant information
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You will need to provide as much detail as possible in relation to your previous travel, visas, applications and refusals
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This question relates to whether you previously left the UK after being served with a removal notice from the Home Office. It does not relate to simply leaving the UK at the end of a previous stay in accordance with the validity of your visa
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You will have received a national insurance number if you have previously worked in the UK
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Please provide the relevant personal details in this section
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Please provide the relevant personal details in this section
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All students should enter the same sponsor information
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All of the information required for this section can be found in your CAS. If you have not yet received your CAS you cannot submit a visa application
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An undergraduate course is level NQF6, Masters is NQF7 and PhD is NQF8
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All students should enter the address of Student Registry
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All students should select 'studying' from the drop down list
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All applicants should answer 'no' to this question
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All students should select this option as your CAS will confirm that we have assessed your English language ability
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This is applicable to certain science and technology subjects only. You would have had to apply for ATAS in advance of receiving your CAS if this was relevant to you
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This information will be included in your CAS
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If you have paid any of your course fees and this is recorded in your CAS then you do not need to submit any further evidence of the payment. If it is not recorded you will need to submit an official receipt. Any fees paid will be deducted from the amount of money you need to show as part of your application
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Up to 1265GBP can be recorded in your CAS and deducted from the amount you need to show in living costs if you have made a payment for accommodation to your College
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An official financial sponsor is a government, British Council, international organisation or company or a University. If Cambridge University, your College or Department are sponsoring you, we can record this in your CAS and no further evidence of this funding is required
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If your sponsor is not covering all of your first year course fees plus at least 9135GBP in maintenance or you are not receiving official financial sponsorship, you must be able to prove that you have access to the outstanding amount in the form of your own funds or your parents/legal guardians funds
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You should answer yes to this question if you are receiving official financial sponsorship and/or are relying on your own funds to meet the financial requirements of the visa application. If you are using your parents or legal guardians funds, you will need to submit their financial evidence as well as a letter from them confirming your relationship and giving permission for you to use your funds plus in the case of your parents, your original birth certificate and for your legal guardian, an official court document confirming your relationship.
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Please enter details of the original documents you can supply to demonstrate that you have sufficient funds to cover your course fees and maintenance. If you are receiving full sponsorship which is recorded in your CAS you can state 'evidence held in CAS'. Full details of the various types of acceptable financial evidence that can be relied upon can be found in the Tier 4 policy guidance
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All applicants should enter the following points in order to qualify for a Tier 4 visa
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BRP Collection Applicants applying overseas will receive a 30 day entry permit in their passport which will enable travel to the UK. The actual visa, in the form of a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), will need to be collected on arrival in the UK. The BRP can be collected from the University but you need to enter an ACL code in the ‘Alternative Location’ box in the section below. To find the code
relevant for your course at Cambridge, read the information at: www.internationalstudents.cam.ac.uk/collecting-your-visa-brp . If you do not enter the ACL code in the Alternative Location box, you will need to collect your BRP from a designated Post Office
based on the postcode entered. We advise you to use the University as the collection point unless you plan to enter the UK more than 10 days prior to the start of the course in which case collection from the Post Office may be preferable.
