Important notification for student visa applicants about visa letter.

United Kingdom Border Agency recently asked to all Tier 4 applicants to check their VISA LETTER properly before submitting visa application to the Uk high commission.

According to UKBA ....

If you are applying under tier 4, please make sure that the visa letter issued to you by your approved education provider contains all of the required information as described in the tier 4 guidance.

If you send us an application with a visa letter that does not contain all the required information, we will refuse your application.

It is your responsibility to make sure that the information you send with your application is correct and complete. If your visa letter does not contain the required information, please contact your approved education provider.

So dear friends please be careful about it and wish you all the best.

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No more 28 days for Uk student visa. Only 1 day

Good news for Uk student visa applicants. Show your maintainence fund to your bank only for one day. UKBA has been revised their decision only for September 2009 session instead of 28 days bank maturity. Now mature your fund for only one day. This offer is valid up to 31 july. So enjoy this oppurtunity.

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THE NEW UK STUDENT ROUTE

The new student route will dramatically simplify the immigration system for genuine students and education providers. We will replace 10 routes to the UK with just one tier. Students who would have come to the UK under the following routes will be able to apply for one of two new student visas:

• Students
• Sandwich Students
• Writing Up A Thesis
• Re-sit Of Examinations
• Bar Students
• Music Students
• Pupillage
• Welbeck College
• Association Of American Study Abroad
• Programmes
• Pestalozzi Children’s Trust

The Student Tier will have two new visas:

General Student: for all those wishing to come to the UK for their post -16 education; and

Child Student: for children between the ages of 4 and 16 to come here to be educated at our independent schools.

The prospective student and student visitor routes will remain outside the points system and its sponsorship requirements. (Details of these outes are provided at paragraphs 77-80). Parent carers of children under the age of 12 attending independent schools will also continue to be provided for outside the points system. (Further details of this route are provided at paragraph 62)

General Student Point Test:

The ‘General Student’ category will encompass all post 16 education outside of independent fee paying schools and will apply to the vast majority of overseas nationals seeking to enter the UK as a student

To gain a ‘General Student’ visa, applicants will have to score points against two sets of objective criteria with an overall pass mark of 40 points:

Points under Tier 4: General Student- Pass mark 40

• Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies -30 point
• Maintenance and Funds Test -10 point

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New Uk Student Visa: Point Based system

Applying for a General Student visa or a Child Student visa under Tier4 is a simple process and should be done in the country of which you are a national or a legal resident. You can apply for a visa by post, in person or online. For your application to be successful you will need:

• A current passport or travel document;
• A visa letter from the institution you are planning to study at;
• Proof of maintenance funds;
• Evidence of any qualifications the sponsoring institution took account of when deciding to accept you for the course you plan to study;
• Any other supporting documents relevant to your application.

Under the new system, a student needs to have 40 points to qualify for the grant of the visa. A student would require an acceptance letter from the educational institution he/she intends to attend. The respective educational institution would become the sponsor for the student, who would fetch 30 points. For the remaining 10 points, a student would have to show evidence for having enough finances to cover his/her course fee and monthly living expenses for one year.

You will also need to make an appointment at your nearest visa application center to provide your biometric details (10 digit finger scans and a digital photograph) as part of the application process.

The UK Border Agency will refuse your application and you may be banned from coming to the UK for 10 years if you use a false document, lie or withhold relevant information.

Students looking to study in the UK for six months or less, and who do not wish to take any employment while they are in the UK, or to extend their stay while they are in the country, can enter the UK on a student visitor visa.

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Source: Uk boarder agency official website

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UK Student Visa

Visa applications have to be made on IM2A forms, which are available free of cost at the British Embassies. This form has to be filled up by the student and submitted to the embassy, along with the Visa application fee and the required documents as mentioned below.

Immigration Rules for Student

• You must intend to study at a publicly funded university or college, a
• bonafide private institution or a fee-paying independent school.
• You must be able to and intend to follow a full time degree course, or a weekday, full time course at a single institution involving at least 15 hours of organized, daytime study per week.
• You must be able to pay for your course and the living expenses of your husband or wife and children (if they are with you) without working in UK or claiming public funds.
• You must not intend to work in UK unless you are accepted for a
• course lasting longer than six months, when you may work part-time or
• during vacations.
• You must intend to leave UK at the end of your studies.

Documents Required For a Student Visa

Visa Fees:
1. For student visa you have to pay Tk 14355, in favour of "British High Commission".
2. All visa fees will need to be paid (Bank Drafts) at designated branches of BRAC Bank Ltd.
3. Applicants will be given a receipt (which will be valid for 30 days from the next working day).

4. The receipt should then be submitted with an application form to one of the Visa Application Center (VAC) or the British High Commission's commercial partner VFS Center

Finger Scans & Photograph For Visa
All persons applying for UK visas, irrespective of nationality, will have to apply in person to one of the VACs to have their finger scans and digital photograph taken.

Photography Specification:
1. One recent, passport-sized (45mm x 35mm), colour photograph. The photograph should be:
a. Taken against a light coloured (white, off-white etc.) background
b. Clear and of good quality and not framed or backed
c. Printed on normal photographic paper
d. Full face without sunglasses, hat or other head covering unless for cultural or religious reasons

You have to submit the following supporting documents:

1. Visa Application Form >VAF 3
2. A passport with at least 6 months validity. There must have visa pages to paste the visa document. You can also submit your old passport, if available.
3. One passport sized photograph. This must not be more than 6 months old. Please see photography specification described above.
4. The appropriate visa fee.
5. Evidence to support the information you have given (see below for more details)
6. Unless single, please provide evidence of your marital status e.g. marriage or civil partnership certificate
7. Acceptance letter from university/college in the UK. In this letter there must have the following information

a. Start and end date of the course

b. How many hours to study per week.

c. Accommodation and its cost information.

d. Tuition fee of this course.

8. Evidence of any previous study or qualifications gained in the UK.
9. Evidence of any English language qualifications e.g. IELTS or TOEFL.
10. Evidence of previous education history.
11. Evidence of the cost of your course fees
12. Evidence of any funds set aside by your financial sponsors specifically to pay for your study
13. Evidence of your financial sponsor’s occupation, income and any savings or assets they have
14. Dependent of a Student
15. Evidence of your sponsor’s permission to live in the UK
16. Evidence of the course of study your sponsor is doing or is going to do in the UK
17. Finances and employment
18. Evidence of your current employment/self employment/occupation/work
19 Evidence of your total monthly income from all sources of employment or occupation after tax
20. Evidence of any income from other sources e.g. friends, family, savings, property etc
21. Evidence of any job offers you have
22. Evidence of ability to pay for course.

Source of Information: British High Commission Website. UK Visa Website

Uk student visa system has been changed. To know details please follow the link

The New Uk Student Visa System

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