Your Visa Type
Enrolment and your Visa
This page will help you to understand which Visa type to select so that you can complete the online course registration part of Enrolment.
Please note, if your nationality requires you to have immigration permission to study in the UK, you will need to provide evidence of this when you complete the online course registration.
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When can't you enrol?
The following types of UK Visa do not permit the holder to study at the University of Warwick:
- Graduate Visa
- High Potential Individual
- Non-Warwick Sponsored Student Visa, if you have not yet applied for a new Student Visa using a CAS assigned by Warwick.
If any of these scenarios apply, then contact us for further advice.
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On the below FAQs please select the '>>' widget next to the section title to unhide the text so it becomes visible to the screen reader.
You will have a Visitor Visa vignette if you are a non-EU national, have applied for your Visit Visa overseas and your course is fewer than 6 months long.
Type: Standard Visitor Visa
If your Visa is linked to a family member, such as a parent or spouse, this will apply to you.
Type: Dependant Visa (any)
If you have made a Student Visa application from inside the UK but do not yet have a decision, you can still complete online course registration while waiting for the outcome.
You will need to upload the following evidence of your in-progress Visa application:
- current UK immigration permission;
- UKVI application acknowledgement email, confirming the type of Visa you have applied for;
- confirmation of your UKVI appointment, if required to attend.
Type: Applied for a visa in the UK but not yet rec'd BRP
This will apply if you were granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. You will need to request a free share codeLink opens in a new window as evidence of this digital permission.
Type: EU Settlement Scheme - Pre-Settled Status
This will apply if you have been granted leave to remain as a Refugee by the Home Office.
If you do not have a passport, please upload any other travel document you may have.
If you do not have any kind of travel document, please upload a copy of your offer letter.
Type: Refugee - limited leave to remain
This will apply if you hold a Skilled Worker visa sponsored by an employer.
You should also select this option if you hold a valid Tier 2 Visa in any category.
Type: Long Term Work Visa
You will have a Temporary Travel Visa if you are a non-EU national and have applied for your Student Visa overseas.
If you have applied and are still waiting for a decision, you must wait for your Visa to be granted before completing online course registration.
Type: Warwick Student Visa Temporary Travel Visa
You can apply to enter the UK for 6 months as a Visitor at the border if you are a non-Visa national. You may receive a stamp from an official.
The Visa start date is your date of entry (or intended date of entry) to the UK, the end date is six months after.
Type: Standard Visitor Visa
For the Visa number, enter APPLY ON ARRIVAL.
This will apply if you have any of the above Visas, or leave granted under Tier 1, Innovator or Entrepreneur routes.
Type: Investor, Business Development or Talent Visa
If you currently have an asylum application in progress, you will need to upload the following evidence:
- an ARC or BRP;
- any correspondence from UKVI regarding your claim for asylum;
- a letter from a lawyer or solicitor handling your case (if appropriate);
- any Bail letter(s) issued by the Home Office
Type: Asylum Seeker
This would apply if you upgraded existing pre-settled status granted under the EU Settlement Scheme and have now been given Settled status.
You will need to request a free share codeLink opens in a new window as evidence of this digital permission.
Type: EU Settlement Scheme - Settled Status
If you have been granted permission to enter or leave to remain under one of the UK Ukraine Visa schemes, then this will apply to you.
If you applied from inside the UK then you may have a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP).
If you applied from overseas or were granted digital status, then request a share code as evidence of your immigration permissionLink opens in a new window.
Type: Limited leave to remain - other visa
You will have a Student Visa vignette if you are a non-EU national, have applied for your Student Visa overseas and your course is fewer than 6 months long.
Type: Warwick Student Visa - applied overseas
You will need to upload the following evidence of your in-progress Visa application:
- current UK immigration permission;
- UKVI application acknowledgement email, confirming type of Visa applied for;
- confirmation of UKVI appointment, if required to attend.
Type: Applied for a visa in the UK but not yet rec'd BRP
Your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) will state ‘Leave to Enter’ if you are a non-EU national and applied for your Student Visa overseas.
You should also provide us with a copy of your Temporary Travel Visa if you did not already.
Type: Warwick Student Visa - applied overseas
If you are an EU national and will study for fewer than 6 months, you can enter the UK using just your passport, using 'eGates'.
The Visa start date is your date of entry (or intended date of entry) to the UK, the end date is six months after.
Type: Standard Visitor Visa
For the Visa number, enter APPLY ON ARRIVAL.
Type: Settled in the UK
If you have been granted leave under any of the Tier 5 Visa categories or hold a Visa from a Government Authorised Exchange or Global Business Mobility route, this will apply to you.
Type: Short Term Work Visa
Your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) will state ‘Leave to Remain’ if you are a Visa national and applied for your Student Visa from inside the UK.
If you are waiting for a decision on your application, please refer to the section Awaiting decision on Visa application made in UK.
Type: Warwick Student Visa - applied UK
This will apply to you if you have been granted a visa to live in the UK under the Hong Kong BN(O) Visa Route.
Type: Limited leave to remain: other visa
If you cannot find your visa type above, but you hold another type of visa which allows you to live in the UK.
Type: Limited leave to remain: other visa
You will be granted Digital Immigration Status if you are an EU national. You may also have a digital visa if you applied for a Student Visa inside the UK.
Request a free share code from UKVI as evidence of your leaveLink opens in a new window.
Type: Warwick Student Visa - applied overseas (if you applied outside of the UK or Warwick Student Visa - applied UK (if you applied in the UK)
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A-Z of Visa Terms
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Check our list of common visa-related terminology.