.
Recent Immigration
News
:-
Student Category
: 13
December 2010:-
Migrants studying
English language
courses can now
extend their visa up
to up to 11 months
in the UK
From 10 January
2011, English
language students
wishing to attend
exclusively English
language courses
will be able to
apply for a student
visitor visa
allowing them to
stay for up to 11
months. The extended
student visitor visa
will only be
available to
applicants outside
the UK.
Students wishing to
study other courses
in the UK for longer
than 6 months will
still need to apply
under Tier 4 of the
points-based system.
If you are a
'non-visa-national'
who does not
normally need a visa
to study for up to 6
months, you must
apply for the
extended visa if you
wish to take a
longer English
language course.
The extended student
visitor visa's other
requirements,
entitlements and
restrictions are the
same as those for
the current student
visitor route. The
student visitor
route does not allow
students to work,
take a work
placement, bring
dependants, extend
their stay or switch
into other courses
at the end of their
stay. Our Visa
services section
contains more
information about
the student visitor
route.
The fee for an
extended student
visitor visa will be
the same as for a
student visitor
visa.
We will carry out a
review of the
extended student
visitor visa within
the next 12 months,
to ensure that it is
operating as
intended.
This change does not
affect the ongoing
consultation on the
main student route
to the UK (Tier 4 of
the points-based
system), which has
set out proposals to
tackle abuse and
make the system more
selective and
robust.
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