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Academic documents
Financial documents 'funds'
TB certificate
ATAS
These are the academic qualifications listed on your CAS statement under evidence used to obtain offer.
Courses at degree level (Bachelor's) and above: you will not normally need to provide evidence of your academic qualifications. This is because the University of Southampton is a Higher Education Provider with a track record of compliance. You must, however, prepare your documents, including certified translations (if not in English or Welsh) before you make your visa application. This is because the caseworker deciding your visa application can request these documents at any point during their assessment of your visa application.
Courses below degree level: you must provide all academic documents listed on your CAS with your visa application.
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) – guidance
UKCISA
The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) - further information on visas for study.
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To apply for a Student visa, you need to prepare enough money to pay your tuition fees and support yourself while you are studying in the UK. This is in addition to the cost of applying for a Student visa.
Who needs to evidence funds?
The following students will need to evidence funds unless they are from an exempt country:
- Outside the UK visa applications, you must prepare financial evidence for your visa application.
- Inside the UK applications where you have been in the UK with immigration permission for less than 12 months on the date of your Student visa application, you must prepare financial evidence for your visa application
Students who do not need to evidence funds
For students that are applying for a Student visa in the UK and have been living in the UK with immigration permission for 12 months or more on the date of your Student visa application, you will meet the financial requirement and do not need to show financial evidence. However, if you are a government sponsored student, you will need to provide permission from your financial sponsor to remain in the UK.
Students applying for a Student visa as a Student Union Sabbatical Officer, will meet the financial requirement and do not need to show financial evidence.
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UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)
UKCISA
The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) - further information on visas for study.
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If you are applying outside the UK from a country where a Tuberculosis (TB) test certificate is mandatory, a valid test certificate must be supplied as part of the visa application. The TB test must be taken at an approved clinic.
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UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)
Countries where you need a TB test to enter the UK
UKCISA
The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) - further information on visas for study.
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Please note: The University of Southampton is not responsible for the content of any external websites.
To study certain subjects in the UK you will need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) clearance certificate.
General Information
about ATAS
Undergraduate
courses that need ATAS
Postgraduate taught
courses that need ATAS
Postgraduate research
courses that need ATAS
If ATAS clearance is required, you must get this before you make your visa application. You will need to include your ATAS clearance certificate reference number as part of your visa application.
Contact us
You can contact us by email and through online chat. We also offer online 1 to 1 appointments.
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) – guidance
UKCISA
The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) - further information on visas for study.
The information contained on this website is believed to be correct at the time of publication.
Please note: The University of Southampton is not responsible for the content of any external websites.