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The UKVI has provided concise instructions for non-UK or non-Irish Nationals with regards to UK Immigration and Coronavirus.
This page is updated regularly by the UKVI, especially with regards to deadlines.
Therefore, you should consult this page regularly if any of the scenarios listed in the section below affect you.
To see the UKVI guidance in full, please click on the following link to visit the relevant GOV.UK page:
If your Enrolment Status shows you are a registered student at Warwick, or, you graduated within the last 6 months, you may also wish to contact Student Immigration to discuss your situation after you have read the guidance on this page and the guidance on the links provided:
Wawrick | Student Immigration | Contact UsLink opens in a new window
This UKVI Covid Guidance covers the following topics:
If you are in the UK:
- Applying for exceptional assurance if your leave (visa) is about to expire and you are unable to leave the UK or submit a valid UK Visa application.
- If you intend to stay in the UK
- If you have overstayed your leave
- Application and service centres in the UK
- If you’re a Student or Child Student applicant in the UK and have given your fingerprints before
- English language testing centres in the UK
- If you’ve applied for a Student or Child Student visa (including Tier 4 visas) and are waiting for a decision on your application
- If you need more information about the measures in place for students and their sponsors
If you are outside the UK:
- Applying for a UK visa
- Applying for a visa if your visa application centre (VAC) is closed
- Getting your documents when a VAC is closed due to COVID-19 restrictions
- If you are a student and your 90 day student visa vignette has expired
- If you’re unable to provide specified documents
- Changes to the English language requirement
- If you want to cancel your visa
I am thinking of applying to Warwick:
Please click on the following link and follow the guidance provided:
I am a Warwick Offer Holder:
Please click on the following link and follow the guidance provided:
Warwick | Student Immigration | New Student FAQsLink opens in a new window
Remote Study
Remote Study ended at Warwick on 10 January 2022. All the full time, residential courses are now taught on campus.
Therefore, if you require a Student Visa to study your course at Warwick, please wait until you receive your visa. You can then travel to the UK and provide evidence to demonstrate that you meet the 'Right to study' requirements. You can start your course once you have passed the Right to Study check and received an email confirming you are 'fully enrolled'.For 12 month Postgraduate Masters students who wish to apply for the Graduate Route:
You must meet the 'study in the UK' requirement which normally means spending at least 12 months physically in the UK whilst studying.
If you have not met this requirement there is a risk that you may not be eligible for the graduate route visa.
Please see detailed guidance on the following links:
Warwick | Student Immigration | PGT PortalLink opens in a new window
Warwick | Student Immigration | Graduate RouteLink opens in a new window
Changes in your circumstances
If your circumstances have changed, please click on the following links and follow the guidance provided:
Warwick | Student Immigration | Change in CircumstancesLink opens in a new window
Warwick | Student Records | Information for Students Link opens in a new window
If you are in the UK on a non-student Visa, and your Enrolment Status is Fully Enrolled:
If your current visa is not long enough to cover your course, you should contact your sponsor, or, if your current visa is unsponsored, you may wish to contact an Independent Immigration Adviser for guidance on if you can make a further application to remain in the UK:
GOV.UK | Find an immigration adviser Link opens in a new window
If you are unable to make a further application to remain in the UK, and now need to apply for a Student Visa to enable you to complete your course, please see the guidance on the following link:
If you are in the UK on a Student Visa sponsored by Warwick, and your Enrolment Status is F: Fully Enrolled:
Your visa should be valid for your entire course duration, with an additional a few months known as the 'Wrap up Period'.
Please see the guidance on the UKVI Wrap Up Period on the following link:
Warwick | Student Immigration | Length of visa grantedLink opens in a new window
If your visa contains an error, it may end earlier that the stated times on the link above.
You should contact Student Immigration to advise of your future plans, and we will advise you on your available options.
Your Student Visa is valid for the purposes it was issued for, and, is valid until your visa expiry date, as listed on your current BRP, or, your Online Digital Status, if you were not issued with a BRP.
Your visa will only end if it expires, or, your visa has been curtailed by the UKVI.
The UKVI will only curtail your visa if:
The University of Warwick has sent a Stop Sponsoring Report to the UKVI because you have stopped studying
OR
The UKVI have been made aware of a visa condition breach and have curtailed your visa
Therefore, your right to enter the UK and Leave, right to study the course for which your visa was issued for, right to work, etc, are all in force until your visa expiry date.
Please see the guidance on the following links with regards to UKVI Curtailment and Working on a Student Visa:
Warwick | Student Immigration | Employment during and after your studies Link opens in a new window
Changes in your circumstances:
If your circumstances have changed, please click on the following links and follow the guidance provided:
Warwick | Student Immigration | Change in CircumstancesLink opens in a new window
Warwick | Student Records | Information for Students Link opens in a new window
Applying for the Graduate Route after your degree has been conferred:
Please click on the following links and follow the guidance provided:
Warwick | Student Immigration | Graduate RouteLink opens in a new window
Please click on the following link and follow the guidance provided:
If you have received your visa and are ready to travel to the UK:
If you are a new student traveling to the UK for the first time:
Warwick | Student Immigration | Travel and Entry to the UK Link opens in a new window
If you are a continuing student returning to UK:
Welcome to Warwick:
Please click on the following link and follow the guidance provided:
Returning from Authorised Absence:
Please click on the following link and submit the online form:
If you are a continuing student and have a new Passport or Visa:
Please click on the following link, complete the online form, attach a clear image(s) of your new passport and / or visa, and submit:
Your BRP will be sent to the location stated on your:
UKVI Decision Letter or Email - This will be sent to the Email address you gave in your UKVI Application
OR
UKVI application form - You can download this from the UKVI Application Portal
If you used the University's ACL code in your student visa application made outside of the UK:
Your BRP will be sent to the University.
Once we have received it, checked it for errors, and updated your Student Record, you will be sent an email to confirm we have received your BRP.
This email will have instructions on how to book your collection appointment.
If you have any queries related to your BRP being sent to the University, please click on the following link and submit the online webform:
If you DID NOT use the University's ACL code in your Permission to Enter application, or, you applied within the UK:
Your BRP will be sent to:
The Post Office listed on your UKVI Decision Letter, or, visa application form, if you applied outside of the UK
You must physically visit the Post Office listed on your UKVI Decision Letter or visa application form, within 10 working days of your arrival in the UK
You will need to take your passport and UKVI Decision Letter with you and provide this to the Post Office for verification.
OR
The address you gave in your UKVI application form, if you applied in the UK
A courier will deliver the BRP to the applicant at the address given in the UKVI Application.
The applicant must be there in person and provide their Passport for verification to the courier to enable delivery of the BRP.
If the Post Office does not have your BRP when you visit:
You must notify the UKVI of this via the following link:
GOV.UK | BRPs | If you applied from outside of the UK
You should also notify the University's Compliance Team via the following webform:
Warwick | Student Immigration | BRPs | BRP Contact Form
If you have not received your BRP, and it has been more than 10 working days since you received your decision email/ letter from the UKVI:
You must notify the UKVI of this via one of the following link:
GOV.UK | BRPs | If you applied from inside the UK
You should also notify the University's Compliance Team via the following webform:
Warwick | Student Immigration | BRPs | BRP Contact Form
I have received my BRP, now what do I do:
You must provide us with a copy of both sides of your BRP within 5 working days of receiving your BRP.
Please click on the following link, complete the online form, attach clear copies of both sides of your BRP and click submit:
If, after reading the guidance above, and you are still unsure of what you should do next, please contact Student Immigration to discuss your situation via the following methods:
Please click on the following links for more information
University of Warwick:
UK Government:
Other contacts: