How to apply for a Student Route Visa overseas after your CAS has been assigned

Your supporting documents should be scanned copies of the original documents. You are required to have all your original supporting documents in date when you submit your Student Route Visa application and upload scanned copies of the originals. If you qualify under differential evidence, the Home Office caseworker can ask to see this evidence at any time during the application process. If you are asked to provide any evidence and fail to provide it by the deadline, your student visa application may be refused. If you are asked to scan and upload supporting documents these must be clear copies of the original documents.

Nationals who hold a passport which shows they are registered as a British National (Overseas), or which was issued by the competent authorities of Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR or Taiwan (which includes the number of the identification card issued by the competent authority in Taiwan), or nationals from the countries on the list below do not have to upload evidence of their qualifications, or finances at the time they submit their student visa application.

• 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, United States of America

* Those who hold a passport issued by Taiwan that includes the number of the identification card issued by the competent authority in Taiwan.

• Current passport personal page
• ATAS certificate if applicable (certain Science and Engineering courses only) (if applicable)
• All documents listed on your CAS, e.g., Academic and/or English qualifications, Financial sponsor/educational loan letter (if applicable) and ATAS certificate (if applicable)
• If you are officially financially sponsored by your Government, an up-to-date Financial Sponsor letter
• If you are receiving an Educational Loan (the loan must be provided by your national government, state or regional government, or by a government sponsored student loan company or be part of an academic or educational loans scheme you will need a Loan letter that confirms it is regulated by the appropriate body, there are no conditions on release of funds and the funds will be made available to you before you travel to the UK.
• If you are self-funded, you can show your personal bank statement/letter, or a bank statement/letter in your parents' bank account or in 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. (The SM-Pre-CAS Team will assess scanned copies of your funds before assigning your CAS).
• If you use your parents' bank statement/letter, you will also be required to show your original Birth Certificate and a consent letter from your parents confirming you can use their funds for your tuition fees and living costs.
• You must show maintenance of £1,334 per month up to 9 months (£12,006) plus any unpaid tuition fees for the next academic year. You can look up the course fees on our website. (Click on either undergraduate or postgraduate, whichever is relevant to you, and find your course. Click on fees and check the tuition fees for overseas students. If you are repeating modules only, check with the finance team what your tuition fees are.)
• If you are using an overseas currency, you will need to provide a currency conversion from OANDA and convert the money into (GBP£). Please upload the conversion page to show the lowest balance in the 28-day period and also the closing balance of your bank statement converted into (GBP£) on the day you submit your Student Visa application.
• A debit/credit card to pay for your Immigration Health Charge and Student Visa application fee.

Translations

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:

1. Details of the translator/translation company's credentials; and
2. Confirmation that it is an accurate translation of the original document; and the
3. Translator/translation company's contact details.
4. It must also be dated and include the original signature of the translator or an authorised official of the translation company.

The Immigration Health Surcharge is currently £470 per year and £235 for any additional period up to 6 months.

This will depend on which service you use. The cost of a standard Student Route Visa application overseas is equivalent to £363 but if you use a fast-track service it will be more expensive.

• Check the Visa fees in your country
• Check the Visa Processing times overseas