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RESPONSIBILITIES:
• ATTENDANCE
Student responsibility: It is your responsibility to ensure that you attend
100% of your course. Your student visa states that
you must provide satisfactory evidence of regular
attendance of all courses attended. In addition you
are required to attend monthly meetings with your
faculty contact. You will be informed of your faculty
contact and the location of your first meeting at
enrolment.
To work out when your monthly meetings will start,
follow these steps:
Step 1. What is your course start date?
Step 2. Look at the list of dates below and find the
next available date after the start of your course.
CONTINUED OVERLEAF
• WITHDRAWALS, INTERRUPTIONS OF STUDY AND
CHANGE OF COURSE (CONTINUED)
University responsibility: It is our responsibility to report all changes in student
circumstances to the UKBA.
Please note: : If UKBA request information about you from the university
and it is found that you have not met these responsibilities, you are at
risk of having your visa withdrawn and having to return home.
EXTENDING YOUR STUDENT VISA:
• Think about your visa extension 4 months before it expires and book on to a visa
workshop at least 4 weeks before. You must book a place if you wish to attend a
visa workshop: www.bcu.ac.uk/studentservices/events
• Keep photocopies - passport, visa, ID card for Foreign Nationals (if you have
one), police registration certificate, flight tickets (as you might need to provide
these for your visa extension) and other important documents.
• Keep your passport safe and always post your visa extension application by
‘special delivery’ - you will need to do this at the Post Office.
• You must obtain 40 points to get a student visa extension:
30 points - Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS)
10 points - Maintenance funds available to you
• You will need to get the CAS from your faculty. Please note that if there is more
than one month between your visa expiry date and the date the course will start
or continue (if it is your current course) you will not be able to get a CAS to
extend your visa in the UK. It can take up to 7 working days to produce a CAS so
leave plenty of time. You must use the CAS for your visa application within 6 months
of issue or it becomes invalid.
• You will also need to provide evidence that you have the required amount of
money. This should be in the form of a bank statement covering a 28 day
period, which should be no more than 1 month old so remember to leave plenty
of time to order this at the bank if necessary. You can also use your parents’ or
legal guardian’s bank statement to show that you have the correct maintenance
funds available to you. If you use your parents’ statements you will also need to
provide your birth certificate showing your relationship to that person and a letter
from them giving permission.
• For more information on the money that you must show for your student visa
extension please visit the websites below or contact Student Services.
www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/studyingintheuk/adult-students/applying
www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/info_sheets/immigration_uk.php
• If you are sponsored by a UKBA official financial sponsor, such as a government
or scholarship agency, you will need to provide your sponsorship letter.
• If relevant, you will also need to show your ATAS (Academic Technology
Approval Scheme) certificate (please see the Foreign and Commonwealth
website www.fco.gov.uk/atas for more information).
Immigration Rules
For the immigration rules relating to the Tier 4 student visa:
www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/immigrationlaw/immigrationrules/
part6a/
(starts from paragraph 245ZT)
Student Services
This contains useful information on visas, immigration and cultural issues for
international students studying at Birmingham City University:
www.bcu.ac.uk/international/advice-and-support
International Office
3rd Floor Baker Building The International Office recruits
new international students. It deals
City North Campus
with enquiries and applications from
Perry Barr prospective students and is responsible
Birmingham for issuing offer letters and Confirmations
B42 2SU of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) to new
Telephone: 0121 331 5389 international students.
Fax: 0121 331 6314
Email: international.admissions@bcu.ac.uk
Web: www.bcu.ac.uk/international
All of the information contained in this booklet is correct at time of going to print (June 2010).
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