Latest Student Visa Changes in the UK

Jan. 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Currently, students who wish to apply for a General Students Visa need to receive a Visa Letter from their sponsor school. The next stage of the development of the UK Border Agency Points Based System is to stop Visa Letters and replace them with a new system called Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS.) A CAS is not a certificate or a letter but an online “code number” which is generated on the UK Border Agency website by the sponsor school.

The switchover date from Visa Letters to CAS has now been confirmed as 22 February 2010. If you plan to apply for a Student Visa before this date, you must ask us for a Visa Letter, but if you plan to apply on 22 February or after, you must ask us for a CAS (the date of a visa application is the date that the visa fee is paid.) Any applications for a Student Visa made with a Visa Letter after 22 February 2010 will be automatically refused.

If you wish to learn English in London and require a Student Visa and will apply after this date, please ask us for a CAS number and quote this number when applying for your Visa. Please also remember that you will have to provide us with proof of your English language level.
Remember, however, that if you plan to apply for a Student Visitor Visa (which you can do if your course is less than 6 months in duration) you will not be affected by any of these changes, and simply need to ask us for an invitation letter.

Learn more on http://www.stgeorges.co.uk