TIER 4 ONLINE APPLICATION GUIDANCE NOTES FOR VISA APPLICATIONS OUTSIDE THE UK When your visa application is granted, you will receive a sticker in your passport that is valid for 30 days. This validity period will be calculated based on your course start date, and will start either one month before the course start date or seven days before the intended date of travel; whichever is later. You must travel to the UK within the 30-day validity period of the visa sticker in your passport, and then collect your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) within 10 days of arrival in the UK. This BRP will show the full duration of your Tier 4 Student visa. BRP collection is covered in more detail at the end of this guidance, in the section What happens next?. Please note: If your course is LESS than 6 months in length, your full Tier 4 visa will be issued into your passport and you won t be required to collect a BRP. To complete a Tier 4 online application form you will need to register your details on the following website: https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/uk-visit-visa. NEXT you will be taken through several different screens to 1. Select your language, 2. Select the type of visa which you will be applying Please select the appropriate category below, note that the College does not hold a Tier 4 (Child) licence so do not select this option. 3. Select the country from which you are applying and 4. Confirm that you are able to attend an appointment at one of the visa application centres listed on screen. Once you have completed these steps the following screen will appear, please click the Apply Now button.
To begin your Tier 4 application enter your email and create a password. Enter your name.
If you have ever been known by another name provide those details, otherwise select No and click the Save and Continue button.
You will receive your CAS number up to 3 months before your course start and only once you have met all the conditions of your offer. How to locate your CAS number Log-in to your Student e-service account to view your CAS information and course details. - If you have forgotten your username and/or password for Student e-service you can reset it online at www.imperial.ac.uk/ict/passwords. - For technical support on activating online accounts and accessing Student e-service please contact the ICT Service Desk on +44 (0)20 7594 9000. To find the CAS information - Please click the tab Personal Details and then select Passport/Visa near the top on the left-hand side of the screen. Scroll down to view your CAS information. Please note that sometimes the Tuition Fees information does not appear in the CAS information on this screen. You can refer to the Imperial College website for Tuition Fee information. If you have paid part of your fees then please verify with your Admissions team what information is stated on the CAS. If you have your CAS number then copy and paste into the text box on screen then select Yes and click Save and Continue.
Provide the address where you are currently living and click Save and Continue. Provide your telephone number and click Save and Continue.
Details about your home address and click Save and Continue. Select gender and relationship status and click Save and Continue.
Nationality, date of birth and country of birth and click Save and Continue.
You need to ensure that the passport you are using to travel to the UK is the same passport information you have provided to Imperial College. If you have changed your passport since your CAS was issued you will need to contact the relevant Admissions Team to get your CAS updated before you make your Tier 4 application. Please enter your passport details and click Save and Continue.
If you hold another valid passport then provide the details here otherwise select NO click Save and Continue. If you have been issued with a National ID Card from your home country then provide the details as requested. DO NOT submit the ID card with your visa application. Click Save and Continue.
Provide the date when you plan to travel to the UK. The time you intend to stay in the UK will be the length of your course. Click Save and Continue. Select your language preference should the UKVI need to contact you. Click Save and Continue.
If you have previously studied in the UK under a Tier 4 (CHILD) Visa then select YES and the next screen you will be taken to is People financially dependent on you. For everyone else select NO. Click Save and Continue. All students starting a degree course at Imperial College must select YES to this question as shown on the screen below. Click Save and Continue. Students who have met the Imperial College minimum English Language level are not required to include evidence of their language ability with their Tier 4 application.
Please read this section and then answer as appropriate to your circumstances. If you are not financially responsible for anyone then select NO. Students who have spouses and/or children should answer YES to this question, even if they are not going to be coming with you to the UK. Please be aware only postgraduate students OR students who are financially sponsored for their studies by a Government Scholarship are able to bring dependants with them to the UK. Click Save and Continue.
If you have dependants then you must now provide their details. You can add more than 1 dependant information on the following screen. Click Save and Continue.
Provide your parents details. Click Save and Continue. If you have family that live in the UK provide their details. Click Save and Continue.
Answer as appropriate to your circumstances. Click Save and Continue. Answer as appropriate to your circumstances. Click Save and Continue.
If you do not yet have an address in the UK then please use the main Imperial College address Address: Imperial College London South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZ Telephone: 020 7594 8040 Click Save and Continue.
The following screens ask a series of questions about your UK and international travel history as well as details on any immigration problems that you may have encountered. Please answer the questions as accurately as possible. Click Save and Continue.
The following screens take you through a series of questions about any possible criminal convictions or civil penalties that you may have against you in the UK or any other country. Please answer these questions truthfully and provide all requested information. Click Save and Continue.
The following screens will provide some information and ask a series of YES or NO questions regarding War crimes, Terrorist activities, Terrorist organisations and Terrorist views. Answer either YES or NO (as appropriate) as your progress through the pages. Click Save and Continue. The following screen then asks to you declare any work (paid or unpaid) you have taken with any of the following types of organisations. It is important that you declare anything you think is relevant.
The next set of screens ask for information about the College and your studies. See the screen shots below for information on how to complete these.
Below, provide the address of where you will be primarily based for your studies. For a list of the different campus addresses please refer to our website. Students studying an Undergraduate course (eg. BSc) or an integrated Masters programme (eg. MSci) will have applied for their course through UCAS. For UG students you must answer YES to this question and provide your UCAS number. All other applicants should answer NO and move on to the next screen. Click Save and Continue.
Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) Certain courses require you to apply for an ATAS certificate. If applicable, this would be a condition of your offer and you would not have been issued a CAS number without first having been issued an ATAS certificate. You will have a PDF of the ATAS certificate, please refer to the certificate for the reference number.
Financial sponsorship (scholarship/bursary) Students who are being financially sponsored by an education institution, international company, UK Government or overseas Government must select YES to this question about financial sponsor and provide a scholarship letter with their visa application that provides the details of that sponsorship. Please ensure that your scholarship letter meets all the criteria listed on our Financial Sponsorship information sheet. If you are receiving a scholarship from Imperial or through your Department at Imperial you can request to have this information added to your CAS as a Sponsor Note. Please note that this will not automatically happen and you must contact your Admissions team to ask for the information to be added. ** Please note that parents or any other family member/friend are not considered an official financial sponsor for the purposes of your visa application **
Maintenance amount required All Tier 4 applicants for Imperial College are required to show a total of 11385 ( 1265 x 9 months) and dependants need to show a total of 7605 ( 845 x 9 months) per dependant.
Evidence of your maintenance You may only use bank statements either in your own name or one of your parents to demonstrate the required funds. If you will be relying on bank statements in your parents name you will need additional documents as part of your application: Your parent s original bank statement. This must be in English and if the document is not in English it must be translated to meet the UKVI translation requirements. A letter from that parent confirming that the money in the account is to be used for your studies in the UK and that you are their child. An original birth certificate confirming the family connection. This must be in English and if the document is not in English it must be translated to meet the UKVI translation requirements. Please note: If you are studying a one year Master s degree at Imperial please read our information about the Tier 4 Pilot carefully before continuing with your application.
How to find your Course Information Log-in to your Student e-service account to view your CAS information and course details: To find the Course Details - Please click on the Course Details tab. You will find your course title, course start date and course end date. - The level of course and qualification would be as follows: o for a 3-year Undergraduate programme write RQF Level 6 o for a 4-year Undergraduate programmes eg Meng and MSci write RQF Level 7 o for Masters studies write RQF Level 7 o for PhD studies write RQF Level 8
Course Dates A Masters course should be 1 calendar year. If the start date and end date of your course on the Student e-service do not reflect an exact calendar year then please make sure that you use the dates below depending on when your course begins: Start Date End Date 30 August 2018 30 August 2019 Business School only 29 September 2018 29 September 2019 Rest of College and remaining Business School courses If you are studying a 2-year Masters course, please contact International Student Support. PhD students should use their thesis submission deadline (4 years from course start date) as their course end date, e.g. if the course start date is 29 September 2018, the end date will be 29 September 2022, which should be listed under the Research tab of the Course Information section of Student e-service. If you are unsure about what your course end date should be, please contact International Student Support.
Accommodation Please select NO to this question. Even if you have paid for your accommodation in Halls this will not be reflected on your CAS number and you will be required to show the full maintenance amount of 11385 held in your bank account. Tuition Fees To find out what your Tuition Fees will be for the first year of study please refer to: - your Student e-service account click here - the Tuition Fees webpage click here
This text box provides you with an opportunity to provide any information relevant to your application that you may wish to explain further or you were not able to provide based upon the previous set of questions.
low-risk nationals / differentiation Nationals of certain countries have been identified as low-risk (differentiation) by the Home Office. As a low-risk national you do not need to provide all the supporting documents that are mentioned on the CAS (eg previous degree certificate), or those documents normally required as part of a visa application (eg bank statements). However you must still have these documents with you and they must meet the relevant Home Office criteria should the Home Office request to see them. An ATAS certificate must always be included as part of a visa application (if one is required for your course) regardless of whether you are low-risk or not. A full list of low-risk nationals can be found on the Home Office website. Please note: Under the Tier 4 Pilot Scheme ALL students coming to take a one year standalone MSc, MRes or MBA programme at Imperial College will be considered low-risk for immigration purposes as above. Please see Tier 4 Visa Pilot for more information. Click Save and Continue.
If you will be relying on more than one bank account to evidence your funds you can now add the additional information about these bank statements. Click Save and Continue. Please check the boxes to confirm that you have the documents requested to submit with your visa application. Click Save and Continue.
This screen provides a summary of the documents required and gives you an opportunity to make amendments. Click Save and Continue. To progress you will need to accept the declaration.
Immigration Health Surcharge You will now be required to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge. After clicking the Go to IHS website follow the screens to pay the health surcharge and then you will be returned to the application form to complete the payment of for the visa application. Biometric Residence Permit alternative collection location There will also be a section asking where you would like to have your Biometric Residence Permit delivered in the UK. We strongly advise that you choose to have your BRP delivered to the College and you can do this by entering an Alternative Collection Location code when requested. The College ACL code is 2HE497.