Announcement: Immigration Tracker (Beta) Now Live
We're pleased to announce the beta launch of the immigration application tracker. The tool can be used to track the various types of applications you undergo throughout your immigration process and can be edited/updated anytime by the member who created the record in the database.

Let's start making sense out of the UK immigration process. Add your immigration details here and provide us with feedback on how we can make it better.

Read more...

Welcome back, Guest









Newest Members


Active Users

420 active user(s) currently on the site
42 members, 377 guests, 1 anonymous users

Online Friends

    None of your friends are currently online

- - - - -

Tier 4 UK Student Visa Requirements

Oct 26 2010 12:00 AM | Rizwan R in Studying in the UK


UK Immigration and the UK Boarder Agency introduced the new point based tier 4 system for foreign nationals who are applying for a UK student visa. The Tier 4 student category introduced in March 2009, makes entry to the UK strict and is intended to stop any alleged abuse of the student visa system.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson said "30% of migrants who came into the UK were on student visas and a number were adults taking short courses, not degrees."

Tiers 4 system covers two sub categories:

  • General Student - for foreign students who make entry to UK for the post-16 education and known as Adult Student.
  • Child Student - for foreign student between 4 to 16 years old for study at independent schools.

Who is eligible and general requirements:

  • According to new rules student must be aged 18 or over.
  • All foreign applicants who want to apply for tier 4 student visa have a good standard of English rather then the beginner level.
  • Working hours may reduce, now below degree level courses student will be allowed to work in UK only for 10 hours a week, instead of 20 hours as old system. Also, a student applying to a course shorter than 6 months is not allowed to work at all.
  • Educational institutions offering study places to foreign student will need to attain the status of approved education provider that is inspected or audited by Higher Education Officers.
  • All students who make a UK visa application will abide by the rules of the UK Boarder Agency and all institutions, universities need to demonstrate that they are following the rules of certificates of sponsorship which act as verification from an institute.

The above points shows the UK Boarder Agency has adopted a strict policy intended to ensure that genuine foreign students can take advantage of study in the UK and to stop illegal immigrants to enter the UK as bogus students.

Remember you can still take advantage to study in UK if you submit right documents and follow legal process.

About the Author
For UK visas and immigration visit UK Visa and UK Tier 4 visa website. Both websites offers free information on different countries visas.

Useful and Relevant UK Immigration Forum Discussions:




Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the author's and not necessarily those of UKresident.com or any entity associated with UKresident.com. This article is not checked for accuracy by any qualified immigration consultant or solicitor either represented on this site or otherwise. We will not be legally responsible for any statement made in this article. If you're going through the UK immigration process we strongly advise that you appoint a UK immigration consultant or immigration solicitor to deal with your case.



Find us on Facebook



Search Site

Custom Search

Hot Topics



Popular Articles
About Us - Contact Us - Copyright - Privacy Policy - TOS - Advertise