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Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people to enter or remain in the UK as students.
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Find out how much money you need to get a Student or Child Student visa, and how to prove you have the money.
How to apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, what's involved in the application process and how long it takes.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence and how to sponsor a student.
Full-time students from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland studying in the UK can apply for a reimbursement of the immigration health surcharge (IHS).
To help sponsors create and assign individual and batches of confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS).
How accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers can recruit trainees who are not UK or Irish nationals.
A step-by-step guide to creating a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS). This document should be viewed with the SMS guide 4.
Customer service standards for Student and Child Student visa applications if you're applying from inside or outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how short-term student applications for entry clearance or leave to enter are considered.
Guidance for student sponsors, migrants and short-term students on temporary concessions in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Guidance to help students through passport control when arriving at the UK Border.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on applications for parent of a child student visas.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for a basic compliance assessment under Tier 4 of the points-based system (PBS).
This is advice for UK sponsors whose students are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Home Office consultation published October 2009.
Home Office consultation questionnaire results published March 2011.
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