Blog for students
01 June 2021

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Andrew Humphrey looks at some of the most common questions and conundrums about working with Student immigration permission.  This blog post was fully updated on 1 June 2021, based on an earlier blog post from 2017. The information in it, all r...

Blog for students
12 February 2018

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When you apply for a Tier 4 visa, you have to show that you have a minimum level of funds to cover the costs of living and studying in the UK. However, the amount of money you actually need when you are here depends on your lifestyle. Once you&rsqu...

Blog for students
26 January 2018

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In the third and final blog in a series, Andrew Humphrey investigates the existence of secret immigration rules. Part 1 looks at rumours and gossip about Tier 4 money, and Part 2 is about misunderstandings of what the Rules and guidance say. This bl...

Blog for students
13 December 2017

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Planning to travel during the Christmas break?  International Student Advisers Alan Smith and Wenwei Zhou from Kings College London offer some useful tips to make sure that you travel safely. Be safe, be aware, be confident! Your documents &b...

From our Chief Executive
06 December 2017

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Immigration issues There was a modicum of good news in the latest visa statistics (for the year ending end of September) which showed, apparently, an 8% increase in all student visas issued a 6% increase in those issued to universit...

Blog for members
06 November 2017

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In September, Julie Allen (Director of Policy and Services) and I attended the AGCAS (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services) Annual Conference 2017 at The University of Nottingham. We ran an interactive one-hour workshop on Post study wor...

From our Chief Executive
01 November 2017

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There is only one subject I want to cover this month (but an extraordinarily important one) and that is the Inquiry by the Migration Advisory Committee into International Students, to chart out how we, with you, might develop and submit evidence a...

Blog for members
04 October 2017

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Daniel Tasker graduated from the PG Cert in International Student Advice and Support in 2017. He talked to UKCISA about his experience and what he has gained from the course. He offers an insight into what it’s like to study and work full-time ...

From our Chief Executive
20 September 2017

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Visa delays Probably the most pressing concern over the last month or so has been the very extensive reports of visa delays in a whole range of countries (with much media coverage in Hong Kong and even a petition in India) with large numbers of s...

Blog for students
06 September 2017

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Welcome to the UK! You’ve made it. You’ve been planning for months and you’re finally here. Amongst all the excitement, you may be finding the UK to be quite different to home and are unsure about some practical things.  We&rs...