International StudentsStudent visa application form - outside the UK

Select ‘NO’ for this question.

Select the answer that applies to you.  If you select ‘YES’, you will be instructed to continue your application on the free “UK Immigration: ID Check” app.  If you select ‘NO’, you will not see this page.

Select the language you wish to view the application in. 

Select ‘Student’ from the list of visas shown.

Enter the country in which you are making your application and wish to provide your biometrics in.

You must check the available biometric enrolment locations for your country of application.  The country cannot be changed after you have submitted your application.  You will be asked to confirm if you can travel to a biometric enrolment location in your selected country (or the redirected country if no locations are available).

You will have to register your email address before proceeding to the application questions.  It is important that you use your regular email account and take a note of your password and keep in a safe place.  The International Student Support team will be unable to help you access your application if you forget your login details.

You must confirm if the email address you have used belongs to you or someone else.

Select ‘YES’ if there is an additional email address you wish to provide.

You must provide a contact telephone number so that UKVI may contact you regarding your application or immigration status.  This number does not need to be a UK telephone .  You must also confirm where you can use the telephone number you provide, and if this is a Home, Business or Mobile number.

Select ‘YES’ if there are any other contact telephone numbers you wish to provide.

You must confirm if you can be contacted by telephone call, text message, both or none of the options.

The Marshall, Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarships are specific scholarships awarded to students who meet certain eligibility requirements for study in the UK. If you have a scholarship under these named schemes, please select ‘YES.’

If you do not have a scholarship under these named schemes, such as a scholarship from the University of Strathclyde, select ‘NO.’

You must enter your CAS number.  This will be under the ‘CAS Details’ section of your CAS.

Enter your name exactly as it appears in your passport.

This refers to official, legal names only – not nicknames or names that your friends or family may call you.  Select the option that applies to you.  If you select ‘YES’, enter the details of your other name(s) on the next page.  If you select ‘NO’, this page will not appear.

Select your gender as shown in your passport or travel document.  Select the relationship status that applies to you.  If you have not been married or lived with a partner for an extended period of time, your relationship status is ‘SINGLE’.

Enter your home address as fully as possible including the street name, house number and postal/zip code (if applicable).  You can also enter an alternative correspondence address should you wish not to receive mail at your home address.

Enter how long you have lived at your home address and select the ‘Ownership Status’ which best applies to you.

Enter your passport details carefully – this must exactly match the details on your passport.

Select the option that applies to you.  If you have an identity card, enter the details as requested.

Enter this information exactly as it appears on your passport.  If you have any additional nationalities, these can be added in the next step.

Select the option that applies to you.  You must provide all nationalities that you currently hold or have ever held.

Select the option which applies to you. 

Select the language you prefer to speak if UKVI need to speak to you directly.  If you select ‘OTHER’, you will be asked which language you prefer.

Select the option that applies to you.  Only answer ‘YES’ to this question if you specifically held a visa that indicated ‘Tier 4(Child)’.  Most applicants will answer ‘NO’ to this question.

This question is asking if you have received an English language or literature qualification from a UK school if you were under 18. If you have studied in the UK under 18 years old and received a GCSE, A level, National 4 or 5, Higher or Advanced Higher qualification for English language or literature, answer ‘YES.’

Answer ‘YES’ to the first part of this question. 

For the second part of the question: if your CAS states that the University of Strathclyde has made its own assessment under ‘Evidence Provided – English language qualification’ , select ‘YES’.

(If you select 'NO' please note, you will have to provide your test certificate with your other supporting documents.)

If you have children or other people who depend on you financially, select ‘YES’ for this question.  On the next page you will have to supply your dependant’s details.  You can add as many dependants as you need, but you must add one Dependant at a time.  Dependants’ details must be added even if they are not travelling to the UK.

In this section you must provide your parents’ details.  This must be done for two of your parents.

If you have family members who are currently in the UK, select ‘YES’.  On the next page you will be asked to enter their details.  If you do not have family in the UK, select ‘NO’.

If you are travelling as part of group, select ‘YES’ and provide the details requested.  If you are not, select ‘NO’.  Most students will not be travelling as part of an organised group - this normally refers to tourists.

If you will be travelling to the UK with another person who is not a family member (for example, a friend), select ‘YES’ and provide their details as requested.

If you know where you will be staying in the UK and have confirmation of long-term accommodation booked, select ‘YES’ and enter the address details.  

NOTE:  If you have applied for and have received confirmation you will be staying at University of Strathclyde accommodation, please use the address:  

Village Office, Lord Todd Building, 11 Weaver Street, Glasgow, G4 0NS

If you do not have long-term accommodation booked, then select ‘NO.’  On the next page you will be asked to provide details about where you intend to stay after arriving in the UK.  Include information about your temporary accommodation, such as the address of the hotel, hostel, private housing or if you will be staying with friends. If you will be living with anyone else, you should include their names and your relationship to them. If you know you will be moving to longer-term accommodation and have confirmation and information available, you should include these details also. 

In this section you will be asked about travel to the UK.  If you have travelled to the UK within the past 10 years, you must provide details of each trip.

If you have had a UK visa within the past 10 years, select ‘YES’ and enter the date of issue.  If you select ‘NO’, you will not have to provide these details. 

Select the answer that applies to you.  If you select any answer other than ‘ZERO’, you will be asked to provide details of each trip on the next page.  If you select ‘ZERO’, you will not see this page.

Select the answer that applies to you.  If you select ‘YES’, you will have to provide details of your travel on the next page.  If you select ‘NO’, you will not see this page.

Enter the date you plan to travel to the UK, and how long you intend to stay in the UK (this will be until the end date on your CAS).  Please note – you can travel to the UK up to 30 days before your course start date.

If you have ever had problems with immigration (in the UK and other countries), select ‘YES’.  You will be asked to provide details on the next page.  If you have never had any problems with immigration in any country, select ‘NO’.

If you select ‘YES’ to answer the question, you will be asked to provide further details on the following page. If you have never had any problems with UK immigration, select ‘NO’.

Select the answer that applies to you.  If you need to give more than one answer, you will be able to do so later.  If you select any answer other than ‘No, I have never had any of these’, you will be asked to enter details on the next page.  Please note: you must answer this question truthfully, as failure to do so may result in the refusal of your application.

Read the information on this page carefully.  You must select the answer which applies to you, and confirm that you have read all of the information regarding war crimes.  If you select ‘YES’, you will be asked to provide details of your involvement. 

Read the information on this page carefully.  You must select the answers which apply to you, and confirm that you have read all of the information regarding terrorist activities, organisations and views.  If you select ‘YES’ for any of the questions, you will be asked to provide further details.

Read the information on this page carefully.  You must select the answers which apply to you, and confirm that you have read all of the information regarding extremist organisations and views.  If you select ‘YES’ for any of the questions, you will be asked to provide further details.

If you select ‘YES’ for any of the questions in this section, you will be asked to provide further details. If you select ‘NO’ for these questions, no further information is required.

If you have ever been employed in any of the organisations listed, select the one(s) that applies to you.  If you have never worked in any of these organisations, select ‘I have not worked in any of the jobs listed above’.

Enter the sponsor licence number and address exactly as it appears on your CAS.  The sponsor licence number for the University of Strathclyde is P8KB0DJU9.

For this question, select ‘Higher Education Provider with a track record of compliance’.

Select ‘YES’ for this question.

If you applied for your course through UCAS, select ‘YES’ and enter your UCAS personal identification number in the text box.  If you select ‘NO’, the text box will not appear.

Some subjects require you to have a certificate from the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS).  You can check if you need an ATAS certificate here.  You should apply for your ATAS certificate when you receive your CAS email from Admissions.  If you require an ATAS certificate, select ‘YES’ and enter your ATAS reference number in the text box.

If you will be receiving money from an official financial sponsor*, select ’YES’ and complete the next question.  If you will not be receiving money from a sponsor, select ‘NO’.

*Official financial sponsors are defined in Appendix Finance and the UKVI Student and Child Student guidance. 

This question is asking if you will be receiving money from an official financial sponsor such as Her Majesty's Government, your country's national government, the British Council or any international organisation, international company, university or Independent school to help pay for your course fees and living costs while studying in the UK. Examples of support may include a scholarship, internship, fellowship or training programme.

You will be asked follow-up questions whether you have your financial sponsorship on your CAS (only select this if this information is on your CAS), you have a letter of official financial sponsorship, or you are not being wholly sponsored (meaning that your course fees and living costs are not 100% covered by your official financial sponsor).

If you are not being wholly sponsored, (official financial sponsor is not covering 100% of your course fees and living costs), you must show that you have the rest of the money required. See our Student visa Supporting documents guidance for details.

Enter this information exactly as it appears under the ‘COURSE DETAILS’ section of your CAS.

For your course name, see ‘Course Title.’

For Qualification you will get, see ‘Academic Level.’

For the question about ‘Are you going to be a student union sabbatical officer?’ if you are a new student starting a new course or you are a continuing student coming to resume your studies who was not elected by the students' union as a full-time officer, select ‘NO’ fpr this question.

Enter this information exactly as it appears under the ‘COURSE DETAILS’ section of your CAS.

Your Course start date is under ‘Course Start Date.’

Your Course end date is under ‘Expected Course End Date.’

If you have made payment to the University of Strathclyde for accommodation, select ‘YES’ and complete the next question.  If you have not made any payments, select ‘NO’ – you will not see the second question.  If you are not living in University of Strathclyde accommodation, you should select ‘NO’ for this question.

Enter the course fees exactly as they appear in the ‘Accommodation and fees’ section of your CAS.  If you have paid fees, even if it is not the full amount, select ‘YES’.  In the next question, select how you will show that you have paid fees.  If you have not paid any fees, select ‘NO’.

If you have a student loan, select ‘YES’ and complete the next question.  If you do not have a student load, select ‘NO’.  If you select ‘NO’, the further question will not appear.

 If your financial sponsorship will only cover part of your course fees and living costs (not all), Student visa applicants must be able to demonstrate meeting full Student visa financial requirements.

In this section you can add any information that you think is relevant to your application, that you have not been able to add in the main application.

You should now check all of your answers to make sure that they are correct.  You can edit or change your answers if you need to, by clicking on the ‘CHANGE’ link on the right-hand side of each section.  To check your answers, click on the ‘Show and edit answers’ link.

Once you have confirmed that all of the information on your application is correct, you will see the document checklist.  This is a list of the documents that you must provide to support your application.  Tick the boxes beside each document in the list to show that you agree to provide these documents.  Once you have done this, click ‘Save and continue’.

Please note that nationals of some countries do not have to provide certain documents with their applications.  A list of these “low risk” nationals can be found here (Appendix ST 22.1(b)). If you are a low risk national, you must be able to provide your documents if requested to do so by UKVI.

You must provide details of the financial documents you will provide with your application, including the financial institution's name and the type of document you will provide. What you enter here must match the document you are using for your application.

Failure to provide any document(s) you list here may result in the refusal of your application. You can add further financial documents on the next page.