Documents for visa applications

It is important to take extra time and care to ensure that your supporting documents meet relevant visa requirements.

You need to prepare the following documents in support your Tier 4 General visa application. Some of the documents below will not be relevant to your application. All documents must be in English or accompanied by a certified official translations. If you are not sure, please contact our team for further information.

• Passport, which must be valid at the time of your visa application and travel to the UK. If you have other passports that you used to travel to/from the UK, please submit these as well.
• BRP (Biometric Residence Permit), if you have one.
• Qualifications, which are listed on your CAS.
• ATAS certificate (only where required – it will be stated in your offer letter and/or your CAS).
• Tuberculosis test results from the UKVI approved clinic if you’re from a country where you have to take the test, coming to the UK for more than 6 months, making your application from outside of the UK and not exempt from it.
• Police Registration Certificate (if you have one and applying for your visa inside of the UK). It must be up to date with details of your current address, visa, passport, etc.
• English language certificate (where required).  

• If you are sponsored by your Government/University or other officially recognised sponsor, an up-to-date sponsor letter with details of your sponsor and sponsorship. It must be issued on a letter-headed paper and have your sponsor’s stamp on it.
  
  Your financial sponsor (a government or an international scholarship agency) must give you permission to stay in or re-enter the UK, if you are a continuing student and are still sponsored, or if your financial sponsorship ended within the last 12 months. Your sponsor must confirm that they have no objection to your continuing studies in the UK. Please check ‘documents needed to show official financial sponsorship’ section of the current Tier 4 Guidance.

• A loan letter (if applicable). This loan must be provided by your Government or by a student loan company that is sponsored by the Government or be part of an academic/educations loans scheme.  For more information please check ‘documents needed to show official financial sponsorship’ section of the current Tier 4 Guidance .
• Original bank statement/s or electronic bank statement/s if you are self-funded or partially sponsored.  These statements must meet the following UKVI requirements:

• A consent letter from your parents/legal guardian if you are under 18 years old when making your visa application.
  
  This letter must confirm you are their child and give you permission to make a Tier 4 General visa application, to travel here and for you to live independently in the UK during your studies. 
  
  It needs to be signed by both parents unless this letter confirms that you only have one parent/legal guardian who has legal custody/sole responsibility. In addition, please also provide your birth certificate/certificate of adoption or a court document with details of your legal guardian.

 
Low risk nationals

If you are a national of one of the countries listed in Appendix H of the Immigration Rules, UKVI may process your visa application under their ‘differentiation arrangement’. This means that you will be considered as a ‘low risk applicant’ and will not be required to provide evidence of your qualifications or your money at the time of your visa application.

However, you must prepare all of your documents, including your qualifications and financial evidence. UKVI may request these documents as part of processing your visa application.  If you are unable to provide this evidence, your visa application is at risk of being refused.