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Student Immigration

Student Immigration. Anthony Dangerfield and Rosie Bell. International Student Office, Academic Division. International Student Office. Visa advice Oversee University’s student immigration compliance responsibilities Support student mobility activities

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Student Immigration

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  1. Student Immigration Anthony Dangerfield and Rosie Bell International Student Office, Academic Division

  2. International Student Office • Visa advice • Oversee University’s student immigration compliance responsibilities • Support student mobility activities • Administer some specific international funding awards • Maintain and develop information and guidance for international students on webpages

  3. Agenda • University’s Visiting Student guidelines • What is a sponsor licence? • Institutional compliance responsibilities • Visiting students: Tier 4 vs Short-term study • Process to support a visiting student on Tier 4 • Process to support a visiting student on Short-term study 6. Case studies 7. Brexit

  4. University’s guidelines on visiting students • Produced by Standing Committee on Student Mobility. • Maximum time a student visitor can be at Cambridge is one year. • Standard English language requirementsshould be used as a guide. • Student visitors are liable for an appropriate fee. • Student visitor’s agreement should be completed and signed.

  5. What is a sponsor licence? • Tier 4 Sponsor licence granted by the Home Office. Enables University to accept students from outside the EEA. • Institutions have responsibility for students they support in coming to the UK. • University ‘sponsors’ the student’s visa, which is linked to a specific institution. • Sponsor licence requires the University to undertake a number of compliance responsibilities.

  6. Tier 4 compliance responsibilities • The University must hold the following for each sponsored student under Tier 4: • Documentary evidence used as basis of acceptance. • Evidence of immigration permission • Up to date UK contact details • Evidence of attendance monitoring • Report changes in circumstances to the Home Office.

  7. Compliance responsibilities In addition, the University must ensure all students have permission to study in the UK: A sponsor has a duty to comply with all aspects of the Immigration Rules and sponsor guidance, and support immigration control, including taking steps to ensure that every student at your institutions has permission to study in the UK throughout the whole period of their study. Tier 4 Sponsor Guidance, version 01/2019 • Responsibility to advise the student appropriately.

  8. Who requires a visa to study in the UK? • All nationals from outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland • European Economic area = European Union + Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway • Switzerland part of the single market The countries of the EEA are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom

  9. Visiting students - two options

  10. Other Activity • A student coming to undertake a placement or period of research that is not part of their course at their overseas institution cannot be supported on the student route. • HR Compliance should be contacted to consider whether Tier 5 sponsorship is possible

  11. Is a visa required for Cambridge? • ISO provides advice to departments. It is useful to know the following in the first instance: • Nationality of student (passport copy) • Purpose of the visit – type of activities to be undertaken • Length of the visit • Student’s status overseas • Previous studies in the UK

  12. Tier 4 process for visiting students

  13. Tier 4 compliance – visiting students Host institution should hold the following for each visiting student: Documentary evidence used to accept student, including: • Transcripts • Assessment of English language proficiency • Copies of passport and visa • Up to date UK contact details (term time address & phone number • Termly monitoring record

  14. Tier 4 – ATAS proforma • ATAS clearance needed for: • Postgraduate level study/research in certain science & technology related fields(Tier 4 & Short Term Study). • Determined by CAH3 code of the area of study at Cambridge. • Check with Departmental Teaching Office for CAH3 code. • ISO have a JACS-CAH3 mapping document. • Research statement must be written by the Department, not the student. • Application processing time is 20 working days. • ATAS clearance must be received before CAS (or Short Term Study letter) is issued.

  15. Tier 4 – vignette issued in passport 30 day entry vignette issued in passport

  16. Tier 4 - BRP Tier 4 visa, in the form of a Biometric Residence Permit, collected on arrival in the UK:

  17. Tier 4 attendance monitoring • Departments must arrange for the student to register in person at the start of each academic termand record contact on CamSIS. • At this point the student should be asked if any of their contact or immigration details have changed. • Departments should have mechanisms in place to recognise if a student is no longer engaging with study outside of termly registrations. • Records should be maintained of meetings with supervisors. • If a student misses an agreed contact, the International Student Office should be informed.

  18. Tier 4 compliance – visiting students Departments to inform ISO of any of the following changes for reporting: • New arrival date • Early completion of studies • Breaks in study. • Unexplained absence • New UK visa obtained

  19. Short Term Study process for visiting students

  20. Short term study – visa in passport

  21. Short term study – stamp in passport

  22. Erasmus+ work placement students • Departments are able to host students for work placements or internships under the Erasmus scheme • The majority of these students are EEA nationals and so do not require a visa • For those who are non-EEA nationals a Tier 5 (GAE) visa is required: • Arranged between the Home Institution and the British Council • British Council won’t communicate the progress of the visa with the Host Institution • These often have long delays so you may need to rearrange start dates

  23. Standard visitor visa • Mainly intended for tourism or business. • Only allows study in specific circumstances: • up to 30 days • must be an extra activity and not main purpose of visit

  24. Academic Visitor • Sub-category of standard visitor visa. • Leave granted for up to 12 months. • For an individual highly qualified in their own field of expertise and currently employed in that field at an academic or higher education institution. • Current PhD students and recent graduates do not qualify as Academic Visitors.

  25. What about Brexit? • Students who come to live in the UK by 31 December 2020 will be able to stay on the same terms as currently. • Will be able to apply for temporary or settled status. • Future immigration system currently unknown.

  26. Contact us International Student Office: Email: internationalstudents@admin.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 761806

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