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| For UK Visa Advice Please Call 01372 210361-2 or 07956059792 |
 Orchid of Siam are authorised to provide immigration advice and services by the Immigration Services Commissioner Ref. No. F200500016. Members of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association.We offer a full visa service with free, friendly, initial advice or visa assessment available 9am-7pm Monday-Friday by telephone, E-mail or through our online forms. Please do not hesitate to contact us. Note: From 1st September 2008 all student visa applicants must complete the online application form only and must schedule an appointment to attend at the British Embassy online. Paper applications will not be accepted. Please note that this information applies to ADULT Thai nationals only making an application at the British Embassy in Bangkok. The same rules do NOT apply to all nationalities OR to children. Student visas are available for a maximum total of two years study in the UK unless a recognised degree course is being followed. There are many restrictions so please contact us for fuller details based on your circumstances. The main restrictions are outlined below. The student must be enrolled on an approved course of education with a minimum of 15 hours weekday daytime study per week. Any classes commencing after 6pm or at weekends do not count towards this minimum. The institution must be registered with the Department for Education and Skills. The 15 hours minimum study must be at only one institute although they are allowed to study another course at another institute in addition if they wish to do so. The student must demonstrate that they are both able to and intend to follow the course through to completion. If it is an English language course the student will be required to show that they have the English proficiency to be able to understand the course and that they have already studied English usually to a minimum of Mattayom 6, roughly A level standard, at school as a minimum. The Embassy often ask the students who do not obviously have a high level of proficiency in English why they should be given a UK study visa when they can easily attend a more comprehensible and less expensive course in Thailand. Students must be able to explain why they have enrolled on a particular course and at a particular educational institute. Additionally they must be able to explain why the course will help them in their future careers. Students must demonstrate that they will leave the UK at the end of their studies and give reasons as to why they will do so. Sometimes students become very confused with this and will tell the Embassy that they would like to work in the UK after their studies have finished. This, of course, is not usually allowed. It is very important to make the difference between their wishes and their intentions plain. They must show that they do not intend to engage in business or work, except for permitted part-time or vacation work, and that they have the ability to meet the cost of the course, accommodation and maintenance of themselves and any dependants. They may be financially sponsored by an individual or an organization. In certain cases a student who has completed a degree course in the UK may be allowed to switch to work status. The educational institute will advise the student of the current position around the date of graduation and explain how to proceed. Students studying a course in excess of 6 months duration are generally automatically given permission to work part-time up to 15 hours per week. From 1st September 2007 a new type of student visa for short courses of up to six months was introduced, holders of this visa are not allowed to work. A legal spouse or a child under 18 years of age of a student can apply to join or travel with them to the UK provided that adequate accommodation and maintenance can be demonstrated. If the course is for over 12 months the spouse will usually be given permission to work in the UK. The children can attend state schools in the UK. No other family members, same sex or unmarried partners are allowed to join them automatically but they can apply for a visa in their own right. Whilst in the UK the authorities will check the attendance and satisfactory progress of the student including the passing of relevant examinations. If this is not regarded as meeting the required standard the visa may be withdrawn and the student given formal notice to leave the UK. A student with over six months leave to enter the UK can marry in the UK subject to meeting the Home Office requirements to do so but they are not automatically entitled to remain in the UK based on marriage. A student found to be in breach of any of the visa conditions can be summarily deported. A student visa is not a way round the tourist visa restrictions or other immigration rules and the Embassy will not issue a visa if they have reason to believe that the student has enrolled on a course but their primary reason for coming to the UK is to stay with family or friends or to work. In certain cases it is possible to get a prospective student visa but this is rare. Whilst the foregoing may sound unduly restrictive the British Embassy in Bangkok do actively support the Prime Minister’s Initiative (PMI), launched in June 1999 with the second stage launched in 2006 to actively encourage genuine overseas students to come to the UK for studies as they contribute an estimated £3 billion to the economy and therefore bone-fide students do not experience many problems in obtaining visas. All students or researchers will only be granted a student visa if the educational establishment is listed in the UK's Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Register of Education and Training Providers which can be viewed at http://wwww.dfes.gov.uk/providersregister If the establishment is not listed a visa will not be issued. In order to avoid the spread of technology concerning weapons of mass destruction students or researchers at doctorate or master level in certain sensitive fields may have to apply for the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) before they can apply for a visa. Full details can be found at http://www.fco.gov.uk/ATAS In 2009 the UK Points Based System (PBS) for international students will come into effect. Please see the notes under the Tier 4 visa scheme on our website. Please also see Bangkok+Office UK Visas or UK Tourist Visas or UK Settlement Visas To apply for a visa please complete our online sponsorship form On line Sponsorship Form Please complete the following information in order to contact us, you will be returned to this site following submission: |
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