New Tier 4 Rules for English Proficiency & Work Entitlement

UK has introduced major changes in Tier 4 student visa policy. As per new rules, all students, irrespective of level of study, should demonstrate their English language proficiency at required level. Level of English proficiency is set out as under;

Student enrolled in Level 6 or higher

All students who are enrolled in level 6 or higher at a British institute, must prove his/her English language proficiency to at least B2 level. B2 level is equal to 5.5 bands in all four modules (listening, reading, writing and speaking) of IELTS or equivalent.

Students enroled in Level 5 or below

All students who are enrolled in level 5 or below at a British institute, must prove his/her English language proficiency to at least B1 level. B1 level is equal to 4.0 bands in all four modules (listening, reading, writing and speaking) of IELTS or equivalent.

Work Entitlement

As per new Tier 4 rules, only students at Higher Eduction Institutes or Public funded colleges will be allowed to work part time. All students studying at private colleges will no longer get work entitlement during their stay in United Kingdom.

Bringing Dependents

Right to bring dependents has also been limited to the students studying at post graduate level at universities or public funded colleges

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UK Implementing New Tier 4 Student Visa Rules

UK immigration minister announced new rules for student visa category. In past two years, they have many times changed tier 4 student visa policy. Reason to announce and implement new changes is to attract only serious student with genuine intention to study rather than working in UK. Main points of interest are as below;

• A special 1000 placements are reserved for students who have brilliant and creative ideas but they do not meet Tier 1 criteria. Now they will be eligible to apply under this new stream.
• Promoting young entrepreneurs, UK will allow new degree completing students to stay under Tier 1 (Entrepreneur class) if they have an investment of £50,000
• Increasing maintenance funds required to show at the time of visa application
• Limiting work hours of below degree students so only those students who have genuine intention to study in UK rather than working

Damian Green, immigration minister, said;

It is vital that we continue to attract the brightest and the best international students, but we have to be more selective about who can come here and how long they can stay.

In the past, too many students have come to the UK to work rather than study, and this abuse must end. With the introduction of the Graduate Entrepreneur route and the restrictions on student work, we are reforming the system to deliver immigration to benefit Britain.

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UK Tier 4 Applicants Facing Live Visa Interview

Visa interview is essential to assess applicant’s ability and intention to get a visa for specific country. During last two years, United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) relaxed Tier4 student visa category to attract brilliant students from all over the world. Relaxed criteria included no visa interview, low maintenance funds, no English proficiency proof and an easy to follow point based system. Due to no visa interview, it was easy to get visa. Under this system, applicants just had to get Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) in approved education provider and show maintenance funds in account for only 28 days prior to their visa application.

According to critiques, Tier 4 point based system is abused by non-genuine applicants to get into United Kingdom. If we take example of India or Pakistan, before 2009 when point based system was introduced, around 12000 visas were issued to students of each country. However during first year of Tier 4 student visa category, around two hundred thousand people got UK student visa. According to reports, more than 70% were not genuine students and 50% of them are not even traceable in United Kingdom now. UKBA has taken vigorous steps to stop this abuse of Tier 4 student visa. One of the main responsive measures taken by UKBA is visa interview. UK Border Agency thinks, tier 4 student visa applicants can be scrutinized via one to one visa interview.

As per the new visa procedure, all Tier 4 visa applicants are called to attend visa interview in person at nearest British High Commission. Visa interviewer usually assesses English proficiency of the student and general vulnerability to come back to home country after completing their studies. This is very useful method to find bogus visa applicants who do not want to study in United Kingdom but try to follow Tier 4 student visa route to get into UK. After conducting interviews for a specific period of time, UKBA officials found that a major proportion of Tier 4 student visa applicants do not have ability even to fill out their visa application forms. They do not have this much English proficiency to fill out their visa application forms without help of some other person.

UKBA is very strict to this matter now and will never tolerate any applicant if he could not prove genuineness of being real tier 4 student. Currently around 40% of the Tier 4 applicants are being rejected due to failure in satisfying visa interviewer. UKBA clearly announces that it always welcomes brilliant and genuine students to UK from all over the world but there is no place for people who try to deceive immigration laws.

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UK Post Study Workers (PSW)

UK Tier 1 (Post-study worker) visa is for people who have completed bachelor or master degree from UK institute. The degree must be a full time and approved by UK NARIC. Through this visa category, UK retain students who have good credential and experience of UK market. Firstly visa is granted for two (2) years and is further extend able for four years. However if you have job during the first two years, you may transfer you status into other visa category like Tier 1 General Migrant. Applicants are evaluated under a point based system. To be successful in UK immigration application, you must score following points;
1. A total of 75 Points for four factors;

• UK Qualification
• Studied at UK institution
• Immigration status during stay; and
• Date of award of qualification)

2. English Language (10 points); and
3. Maintenance Funds (10 points)

You must apply with in 12 months of the completion of your degree program.

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List of Colleges in London – UK

London is metropolitan and one of the largest multicultural cities in the world. UK Border Agency (UKBA) has modernized study visa system and issued a list of genuine Tier 4 sponsors. Only institutes listed in UKBA Tier 4 sponsor list can offer study course to international students. Following is the alphabetical list of colleges in London, UK. List of universities in London, UK is also given at separate page.

A to C:

• Abingdon and Witney College
• Accrington and Rossendale College
• Alton College
• Amersham & Wycombe College
• Aquinas College
• Ashton Sixth Form College
• Askham Bryan College
• Aylesbury College
• Barking and Dagenham College
• Barnet College
• Barnfield College
• Barnsley College
• Barrow-in-Furness Sixth Form College
• Barton Peveril College
• Basingstoke College of Technology
• Bedford College
• Berkshire College of Agriculture
• Bexhill College
• Bexley College
• Bicton College
• Bilborough College
• Birkenhead Sixth Form College
• Birmingham Metropolitan College
• Bishop Auckland College
• Bishop Burton College
• Blackburn College
• Blackpool and The Fylde College
• Blackpool Sixth Form College
• Bolton College
• Bolton Sixth Form College
• Boston College
• Bournemouth and Poole College
• Bracknell and Wokingham College
• Bradford College
• Braintree Sixth Form College
• Bridgwater College
• Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College
• Brockenhurst College
• Bromley College of Further and Higher Education
• Brooklands College
• Brooksby Melton College
• BSix Sixth Form College
• Burnley College
• Burton College
• Bury College
• Cadbury Sixth Form College
• Calderdale College
• Cambridge Regional College
• Canterbury College
• Capel Manor College
• Cardinal Newman College
• Carlisle College
• Carmel College
• Carshalton College
• Castle College Nottingham
• Central Bedfordshire College
• Central Sussex College
• Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College
• Chelmsford College
• Chesterfield College
• Chichester College
• Christ The King Sixth Form College
• Cirencester College
• City and Islington College
• City College Birmingham
• City College Brighton And Hove
• City College Coventry
• City College Norwich
• City College Plymouth
• City Literary Institute
• City of Bath College
• City of Bristol College
• City of Sunderland College
• City of Westminster College
• City of Wolverhampton College
• Cleveland College of Art And Design
• Colchester Institute
• Colchester Sixth Form College
• College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London
• College of North West London
• College of Richard Collyer
• College of West Anglia
• Cornwall College
• Coulsdon College
• Craven College
• Crossways Sixth Form College
• Croydon College

D to H:

• Darlington College
• Dearne Valley College
• Derby College
• Dereham Sixth Form College
• Derwentside College
• Doncaster College
• Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College
• East Berkshire College
• East Durham and Houghall Community College
• East Norfolk Sixth Form College
• East Riding College
• East Surrey College
• Eastleigh College
• Easton College
• Epping Forest College
• Esher College
• Exeter College
• Fareham College
• Farnborough College of Technology
• Filton College
• Fircroft College
• Franklin College
• Furness College
• Gateshead College
• Gateway Sixth Form College
• Gloucestershire College
• Godalming College
• Grantham College
• Great Yarmouth College
• Greenhead College
• Greenwich Community College
• Grimsby Institute of Further And Higher Education
• Guildford College
• Hackney Community College
• Hadlow College
• Halesowen College
• Harrow College
• Hartlepool College of Further Education
• Hartlepool Sixth Form College
• Hartpury College
• Havant College
• Havering College of Further and Higher Education
• Havering Sixth Form College
• Henley College, Coventry
• Henley College, Henley-on-Thames
• Hereford College of Arts
• Herefordshire College of Technology
• Hereford Sixth Form College
• Hereward College
• Hertford Regional College
• Highbury College
• Hillcroft College
• Hills Road Sixth Form College
• Holy Cross College
• Hopwood Hall College
• Aylesbury College
• Huddersfield New College
• Hugh Baird College
• Hull College
• Huntingdonshire Regional College

O to S:

• Oaklands College
• Oldham College, The
• Oldham Sixth Form College
• Orpington College
• Otley College of Agriculture and Horticulture
• Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
• Paston College
• Peter Symonds College
• Peterborough Regional College
• Petroc College
• Plumpton College
• Plymouth College of Art and Design
• Portland College
• Portsmouth College
• Preston College
• Priestley College
• Prior Pursglove College
• Queen Alexandra College
• Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
• Queen Mary’s College
• Reaseheath College
• Redbridge College
• Redcar and Cleveland College
• Regent College
• Reigate College
• Richard Huish College
• Richmond Adult Community College
• Richmond Upon Thames College
• Riseholme College
• Riverside College, Halton
• RNIB College
• Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
• Royal National College for the Blind
• Runshaw College
• Ruskin College
• Salford City College
• Sandwell College
• Scarborough Sixth Form College
• Selby College
• Sheffield College
• Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology
• Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
• Sir George Monoux College
• Sir John Deane’s College
• Sixth Form College Farnborough, The
• Sixth Form College Solihull, The
• Solihull College
• Somerset College of Arts and Technology
• South Birmingham College
• South Cheshire College
• South Devon College
• South Downs College
• South Essex College
• South Kent College
• South Leicestershire College
• South Nottingham College
• South Staffordshire College
• South Thames College
• South Tyneside College
• South Worcestershire College
• Southampton City College
• Southgate College
• Southport College
• Southwark College
• Sparsholt College
• St Brendan’s Sixth Form College
• St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College
• St Dominic’s Sixth Form College
• St Helens College
• St John Rigby College
• St Mary’s College, Blackburn
• St Mary’s College, Middlesbrough
• St Vincent College
• Stafford College
• Stanmore College
• Stockport College
• Stockton Riverside College
• Stockton Sixth Form College
• Stoke-on-Trent College
• Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
• Stourbridge College
• Stratford-upon-Avon College
• Strode College
• Strode’s College
• Stroud College
• Suffolk New College
• Sussex Coast College Hastings
• Sussex Downs College
• Swindon College

T to Z:

• Tameside College
• Tauntons College
• Telford College of Arts and Technology
• Thanet College
• Thomas Rotherham College
• Totton College
• Tower Hamlets College
• Trafford College
• Tresham College of Further and Higher Education
• Tyne Metropolitan College
• Uxbridge College
• Varndean College
• Wakefield College
• Walford and North Shropshire College
• Walsall College
• Waltham Forest College
• Warrington Collegiate
• Warwickshire College
• West Cheshire College
• West Herts College
• West Kent College
• West Nottinghamshire College
• West Suffolk College
• West Thames College
• Westminster College, City Of
• Westminster Kingsway College
• Weston College
• Weymouth College
• Wigan and Leigh College
• Wilberforce College
• Wiltshire College
• Winstanley College
• Wirral Metropolitan College
• Woking College
• Working Men’s College
• Woodhouse College
• Worcester College of Technology
• Worthing College
• Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College
• Wyke College
• Xaverian College
• Yeovil College
• York College

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