This guide explains your responsibilities as a student sponsored by the University of Birmingham under the Student Route visa and provides information on protecting your immigration status in the UK. If you have been assigned a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) and use it to apply for a visa and you are granted a visa, it will be a Student Route visa.
It is important that you understand and comply with the responsibilities of your student visa and co-operate with the University in fulfilling our shared duties. Any breach could have serious implications to your studies and continued stay in the UK.
This booklet includes the following information:
- University Sponsor Duties
- Student Duties (your Right To Study (RTS), engagement & conditions of your visa)
- Information you require before travelling to the UK
- Arriving at the University
- How to collect your BRP
- Your studies (academic engagement, absence , taking a leave of absence or authorised absence, work placement , changing your course, withdrawing from your studies)
- How to extend your Student Route visa
- Working in the UK
- Safety of your Immigration Documents
- Lost passport or BRP
- Changes to your circumstances
- Graduate Route
Please download the full document here: Manual Section Student Visa Route booklet working final