Documents you need for your journey
- A valid passport, with a visa or UK entry clearance
- Your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) decision letter which sets out the leave granted and explains the BRP collection process in the UK;
- Your passport will contain a short-term visa vignette in your passport. This visa will have a validity of only 30 days from the expected date of travel to enable you to travel to the UK and to collect your BRP.
- Your plane ticket (or ticket for your ferry or train)
- Vaccination certificates and an X-ray certificate, if required
- A paper copy of an unconditional offer letter from your university letter of acceptance from your place of study (Student Visa). This includes your university Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number
- Documentary evidence (bank statements you may have submitted for your home office) that you have enough money to pay your tuition fees and accommodate yourself while you’re in the UK (recent bank statements, proof of scholarship or sponsor’s letter)
- Originals (or certified true copies) of any degree certificates or technical qualifications which you submitted to UK Visas and Immigration to obtain your Student visa.
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