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VISAS AND IMMIGRATION FOR
STUDY IN THE UK
Documents required
When making your Student visa
application, you will need to submit
some specific documents to prove that
you meet the criteria
Submitting documents with
your Student Visa
application
The documents you need to provide with your
visa application depend on your circumstances.
Some documents are mandatory and others
need to be provided depending on your
circumstances and what your CAS says. The
following list should help you to work out what
documents you will need to provide. It's
important to provide all of the documents
needed, as not doing so can cause a visa
refusal.
Student Visa document list
A current passport or other valid travel
documentation.
Qualifications stated on your CAS. All
qualifications listed in your CAS. You should
note that if no qualifications are listed in your
CAS, you are not required to provide any.
English language evidence. UKVI ask for proof
of your knowledge of the English language.
Universities can choose how they assess a
student's knowledge of English. Your CAS will
confirm how your English language ability has
been assessed by the university. If it has been
assessed by you providing a certificate or
qualification, then this will be listed in your CAS
and you must provide the certificate listed. If no
English language qualifications are listed in
your CAS, then you will not need to provide
any with your application.
Translations. If any document is not in English,
the original must be accompanied by a full
translation. The translation must contain:
Validation from the translator that it is an
exact translation of the original document
Translation company's contact details
The date of the translation
Proof of finances. You need to provide evidence
that you have a specific amount of money
available to you for tuition fees and living costs
in the UK. See our information on the financial
requirements for guidance on how to check
what this amount is.
The types of document you can provide to prove
your finances are:
Personal bank statements or building society
statements
Bank letters
Official loan letters
Official financial sponsorship letters
See our information and guidance on finance
documents on the demonstrating your finances
page. Please note that it is important to
provide finance documents which meet the
requirements, to avoid a visa refusal.
Letter of consent from government sponsor. If
you have received any official financial
sponsorship from a government in the past
year, you must provide a letter from this
sponsor which confirms the sponsor's consent
for you to make the Student Visa application.
Proof of your relationship with your parent or
guardian. If the funds you show are held under
a parent's name, you must prove your
relationship to your parent(s). Birth certificates
or adoption certificates are accepted.
Letter from parent/ guardian. If the funds are
held under a parent's name, you also need a
letter from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s)
providing consent for you to use the
money. The letter does not need to follow a
strict format, but it must be signed and dated.
Proof of parental or other legal guardian
consent if you're under 18. If you are under the
age of 18 when you start your studies, you will
need to provide a letter from your parent(s) or
legal guardian(s) and also your birth certificate
or adoption certificate. Contact us for more
information and advice if needed.
Your tuberculosis test results if you're from a
country where you have to take the test. Note
that if you have been living in a country for the
past six months where the TB test is not
required, then you will not need to provide this
(If you have been living in the UK for six or more
months, then you will not need to take a TB
test.) See the UKVI information on TB tests to
check if this applies to you.
ATAS Certificate (Academic Technology
Approval Scheme certificate). This is a
certificate required by some postgraduate
students. (It does not apply to students on
undergraduate programmes of study.) You
should note that it takes approximately one
month for an ATAS certificate to be issued. Your
CAS will confirm if you need an ATAS
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This is the electronic document that you will
receive from the university via email, which is
essential to making your Student Visa
application. You should note that as the CAS is
electronic, you only need to provide the CAS
reference number in your visa application form
and there is no requirement to provide a paper
copy.
Information about getting your CAS for a new
programme of study
Information about getting your CAS for
extending your visa (continuing on the same
programme of study with an extension.)
Differentiation
arrangements
If you are a national of a country listed under
the differential evidence requirement, you do
not need to provide qualifications or finance
evidence with your visa application.
However, you may still need to have these
documents available, because UKVI reserves
the right to ask you to send them the
documentary evidence during the processing of
the visa application. If you are asked to provide
the documents and cannot do so within a
specified time, it is likely that your visa
application will be refused.
Whether you fall under the differentiation
arrangements or not depends on your
nationality. You can find a list of nationalities
that fall under the differentiation arrangements
in the gov.uk webpages about information on
financial evidence for a Student Visa
application.
Further advice
If you need advice regarding your visa
application or the documents, you can contact
the International Student Advice Service.
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