Visitors Visas

Student Visas and Applications

Student Visas and Applications:
Students under Tier 4 of the points-based system
Short-term students
Post-Study Workers under Tier 1 of the points-based system (note; this category is now closed to new applicants)
Prospective students

Spouses (husbands and wives) and civil partners
Fiance or Fiancee and proposed civil partners
Unmarried and same-sex partners
Appendix FM – Partners; 5-Year Route & 10-Year Route
Children – This includes ‘sole responsibility’ cases and ‘persons exercising rights of access to a child resident in the United Kingdom’
Parents, grandparents and other dependent relatives
Family members of relevant points-based system migrants
Victims of domestic violence and modern day slavery

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrants; including Graduate Entrepreneur; Exceptional Talent and Investors
Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) migrants (note that this category is now closed to new applicants)
Tier 2 (General) Migrants
Tier 2 Inter-Company Transfers [ICT]
Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) Temporary Migrants
Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrants

You may be eligible if:

You have another form of British nationality or Certificate of entitlement to Right of Abode
You were born before 1 January 1983 to a British mother
You were born to a British father, even if he was not married to your mother
You were born in the UK on or after 1 January 1983
You are under 18 and don’t fit into the other categories
You have a connection with Gibraltar or Hong Kong
You are stateless
Naturalisation Applications for persons resident in UK

If you have the right of abode in the UK, this means that you are entirely free from UK immigration control. You do not need to obtain the permission of an immigration officer to enter the UK, and you may live and work here without restriction.