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You will need to use a personal email address on the Visa application. Do not use a QQ email address. The Home Office will use the email you put on your application form to contact you if necessary and a QQ email is not reliable.

If you are starting a new course at ÖØ¿ÚζSM, you will be able to request your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) after you accept an unconditional offer. The admissions team will provide you with the relevant login and password details.

Send any queries relating to your CAS to the CAS team at [email protected].

If you have taken a break in studies, you must re-enrol on your course before you are able to request a CAS via OSIS.

As part of your application, you'll need to prove your identity. How you do this depends on where you're from and the type of passport or resident permit you have.

You'll either:

1. Use the ‘UK Immigration: ID Check' app to scan your identity document - you'll also create or sign in to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account. Follow the instructions listed on the Using the ‘UK Immigration: ID Check' app webpage.
2. Give your fingerprints and a photograph (biometric information) at a UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) service point - this is to get a biometric residence permit.

You'll be told what you need to do when you apply for your student visa. 

The documents you can provide as proof you can pay your fees and maintenance vary depending on how you are going to be financed. We run through the different financial options below, with information on the supporting documents required.  

Government sponsorship

If you are officially financially sponsored by your government, you will need to submit an up-to-date Financial Sponsor letter.

Educational loan

If you are receiving an educational loan, you will need a loan letter confirming the following:

The loan is regulated by the appropriate body

There are no conditions on release of funds

The funds will be made available to you before you travel to the UK

The loan must be provided by your national government, state or regional government. Alternatively, it could be provided by a government sponsored student loan company or be part of an academic or educational loans scheme.

Self-funded

If you are self-funded, you can show your personal bank statement or letter. You can also show a bank statement or letter of your parents' bank account or of a joint bank account showing your name and another name.  

The required funds must be held in the account for 28 consecutive days prior to submitting your Student Route visa application. The balance must not fall below the required amount on any day in the 28-day period. The date of the closing balance must not be earlier than 31 days from the date you submit your student route visa application.

Using your parents’ bank statement or letter

If you use your parents' bank statement/letter, you will also be required to show your original Birth Certificate. A consent letter from your parents confirming you can use their funds for your tuition fees and living costs is needed too.

Maintenance fees

You must show maintenance of £1,483 per month up to 9 months (£13,347), plus any unpaid tuition fees for the next academic year. To find out your course fee, visit the course page on our website. If you are repeating modules only, check with the finance team what your tuition fees are.

Overseas currency

If you are using an overseas currency, you will need to provide a currency conversion from OANDA and convert the money into (GBP£). Upload the conversion page to show the lowest balance in the 28-day period. You will also need to upload the closing balance of your bank statement converted into (GBP£) on the day you submit your Student Visa application. 

When applying for a Student Route visa, you will have to upload scanned copies of your original documents. You are required to have all your original supporting documents in date when you submit the application.

If any documents are not in English, you are required to have the documents officially translated into English. The original must be accompanied by a fully certified translation by a professional translator/translation company.  

This translation must include:

• Details of the translator/translation company's credentials
• Confirmation that it is an accurate translation of the original document
• Translator/translation company's contact details

It must also be dated and include the original signature of the translator or an authorised official of the translation company. 

International students from certain countries do not have to upload evidence of their qualifications or finances when they initially submit their student visa application.

These students are covered under the UK Government’s differential agreement.

If you qualify under differential evidence, the Home Office can ask to see your evidence at any time during the application process. If you are asked to provide evidence and fail to provide it by the deadline, your student visa application may be refused.

Nationals from countries covered by differential agreement

The list below outlines nationals from the countries who do not have to upload evidence of their qualifications as part of the differential agreement.  

Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, The Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America

The list also includes nationals whose passport shows they are registered as a British National (Overseas) or whose passport was issued by the competent authorities of Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR or Taiwan. 

You will find the academic level on your CAS information.

If you are going to study:

• An undergraduate degree course: choose RQF 6 / SCQF 9/10 from the drop-down menu
• A postgraduate degree course: choose RQF 7 / SCQF 11 from the drop-down menu
• A PhD programme choose RQF 8 / SCQF 12 from the drop-down menu. 

Select Higher Education Provider with a track record of compliance.

Check the information on your CAS and tick YES to the correct answer. 

The Sponsor licence number is W31HWWPAX  

The Sponsor address is:  

River House, 53-57 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 1LQ

Submit the details of your international identity card number from your home country, if you have one.  

If you have lived in the UK before and applied for one for work, you will have a National Insurance Number. 

If you are an undergraduate student and applied through UCAS, the number will be on your CAS. 

Do I need a tuberculosis certificate?

• Yes – You will need to have a tuberculosis (TB) test if you're coming to the UK for more than 6 months and are resident in any of these listed countries.
• No – If you have lived for at least 6 months in a country where TB screening is not required by the UK, and you have not been away from that country for more than 6 months. 

The Immigration Health Surcharge is (IHS) is a fee paid by migrants who live in the UK for more than six months. Payment of the IHS allows visa holders access to the NHS and NHS services. 

The IHS is currently £776 per year and £388 for any additional period up to 6 months. 

The cost of your Student Route visa will depend on the service you use. The cost of a standard Student Route Visa application overseas is equivalent to £490. However, if you use a fast-track service it will be more expensive.

Check the Visa fees in your country. 

Student Route Visa applications usually take three weeks to be processed by the UKVI.