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This route is for a person aged 16 or over who wants to study with a sponsor on a course of further or higher education, a pre-sessional English course, a recognised foundation programme or to take an elected post as a Student Union Sabbatical Officer.
The register of licensed student sponsors can be found at:www.gov.ukhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-students
A person who is aged 16 or 17 and wants to study with a sponsor that isan Independent School on a course at Regulated Qualifications Framework 3 orScottish Credit and Qualifications Framework 6 and above can apply as either a Student or as a Child Student (see Appendix Child Student).
A?person who wants to study a course for 6 months or less without a student sponsor but with an accredited provider should apply under Appendix V: Visitor. A person aged 16 or over who wants to study an English Language course of 11 months or less without a student sponsor but with an accredited provider, should apply under Appendix Short-term Student.
Some Students can bring a dependent partner and dependent children to the UK, for example if they are studying at postgraduate level or on a government sponsored scheme.
The Student route is not a route to settlement.
- ST 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance or permission to stay as a Student must apply on the specified form on the gov.uk website as follows:
- (a) for out of country, form Student visa; or
- (b) for in country, form Student.
- ST 1.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay as a Student must meet all the following requirements:
- (a) any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid; and?
- (b) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and?
- (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other travel document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality; and
- (d) the applicant must provide a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies reference number that was issued to them no more than 6 months before the date of application.
- ST 1.3. If the applicant has, in the last 12 months before the date of application, completed a course of studies in the UK for which they have been awarded a scholarship or sponsorship by a Government or international scholarship agency covering both fees and living costs for study in the UK, they must provide written consent in relation to the application from that Government or agency.
- ST 1.4. An applicant who is in the UK on the date of application must not have, or have last been granted, permission:
- (a) as a Visitor; or
- (b) as a Short-term Student; or
- (c) as a Parent of a Child Student; or
- (d) as a Seasonal Worker; or
- (e) as a Domestic Worker in a Private Household; or
- (f) outside the Immigration Rules.
- ST 1.5. The applicant must be at least 16 years old on the date of application.
- ST 1.6. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for a Student may be rejected as invalid and not considered.?
- ST2.1. The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal.
- ST2.2. If the applicant is applying for permission to stay, they must not be:
- (a) in the UK in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph 39E applies,that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
- (b) on immigration bail.
Entry requirements for a Student
- ST 3.1. A person seeking to come to the UK as a Student must apply for and obtain entry clearance as a Student before they arrive in the UK.
- ST 3.2. A person applying for entry clearance as a Student must, if Appendix Tuberculosis applies, provide a valid medical certificate confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in them.
Date of application requirement for a Student
- ST 4.1. An application for entry clearance must be made no more than 6 months before the start date of the course stated on the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies.
- ST 4.2. An application for permission to stay must be made no more than 3 months before the start date of the course on the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies.
- ST 4.3. An application for permission to stay must be for study on a course with a start date no more than 28 days after the expiry date of the applicants previous permission.
Genuine Student requirement
- ST 5.1. The a
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