If you are a national of any of the countries listed here, the UKBA consider your application to be 'low risk'. This means you can choose not to send your finance documents and qualifications. However after they receive your application the UKBA may still contact you and ask for them. If you cannot then provide them in time your application will be refused. For details see from page 2 paragraph 11 of the UKBA Policy Guidance.

Low-risk list • Argentina • Australia • Brunei • Canada • Chile • Croatia • Hong Kong • Japan • New Zealand • Singapore • South Korea • Taiwan (those who hold a passport issued by Taiwan that includes the number of the identification card issued by the competent authority in Taiwan in it) • Trinidad and Tobago • United States of America or is • a British National Overseas

You will need a Confirmation of Acceptance to Study, known as a CAS.

Where you need to go to request your CAS will depend on which course you are studying:

• Students starting a new course Undergraduates – Admissions Office, Gipsy Lane Site
• Postgraduate taught (Masters) –Course Administrator
• Postgraduate Research – Graduate Office- Gipsy Lane Site
• Oxford Brookes International courses (UPS, IFD, EUS, Pre-masters) - International Centre, Gipsy Lane Site
• Continuing students Undergraduates – Academic Management Office, Gipsy Lane Site
• IFD (International Foundation Diploma) - Academic Management Office, Gipsy Lane Site
• Postgraduate taught (Masters) – Course Administrator
• Postgraduate Research – Graduate Office- Gipsy Lane Site
• EUS, Pre-Masters, PG Diploma/Cert – International Centre, Gipsy Lane Site

To request your CAS you will need to take your passport with you. The CAS is a number, and not a document. After the university has processed your CAS you will be sent an email containing all the information that has been included in the CAS. You will need to print this email and use it to help you to complete your Tier 4 application form.

Please note that it will take at least 5 working days to produce a CAS

How much money do I need?

• You will need to be able to show you have enough money for your tuition fees for 1 year (or for the length of your course if it lasts less than 1 year).

• You also need to be able to show money for living costs (maintenance). This will be £7,200 (or £800 for each month of your course if it is no more than 8 months long) OR This will be £1,600 (or £800* if your course is no more than 1 month long) but only if you either have finished a course that was at least 6 months long, during your student visa, or you have already been studying for 6 months or more on your current course on a student visa AND your student visa is has not expired

*If you can show with official receipts from the Finance Office that you have paid University halls fees, then a maximum of £1000 can be deducted from the total maintenance amounts.

Your documents must meet the requirements detailed in the UKBA Policy Guidance from page 30, paragraph 181. Please read these very carefully as your visa will be refused if you do not meet the requirements.

You will need to check that your bank is not on the UKBA lists of unacceptable financial institutions for some countries.

If you are applying using a parent's bank account you will need their bank statement or letter and your original birth certificate and a letter signed by your parent. For details see from page 33, paragraph 189 of the UKBA Policy Guidance. Your parent will also need to sign and post to you Section N of the application form.

If you are being financially sponsored by an offical sponsor that meets the UKBA guidance you will need a letter from them confirming this and saying how much they will be sponsoring you. For details see from page 30, paragraph 178 of the UKBA Policy Guidance

All the documents you send to the UKBA must be originals. If they are not Iin English then in addition to sending the original document you must also include an offical translation that has been signed and dated by an authorised translator and includes their contact details and confirmation that it is an accurate translation of the original document. For details see from page 3, paragraph 13 of the UKBA Policy Guidance

Download and print the latest student visa extension form Tier 4 (G). ( New forms and higher cost for applications made from 6 April 2012). Complete the form using the ISAS guides below. These guides are based on an earlier version of the form but will still be useful.

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A and B

C, D E and F

G, H and J

K, L, M and N

Summary Sheet

Annexes

UKCISA guide to all parts of the form

These guides should not be printed.

Your police registration Certificate (if you need one) up-to-date with current address and visa expiry date

Do I need to register with the police?

If the sticker in your passport or on your Biometrics Residence Permit (visa ID card) says you need to register with the police, go to Oxford Police Station in St Aldates (tel: 01865 855837), before you have been in the UK for 7 days.

Take with you:

• your passport
• £34 to pay for the registration
• a passport-sized photograph
• An 'Attendance certificate'. You can ask for a copy from the Academic Management Office email: amo@brookes.ac.uk or through your PIP.

The Police Station is open 24 hours a day, but there will be more staff to help you between 10.00 - 18.00.

You must also update your registration certificate every time: your visa is extended you change your address.

If you have any difficulties updating your certificate please contact ISAS