UK IMMIGRATION NEWS

Announcement for UK Immigrant Students with International Baccalaureate Qualifications

Friday, 26 August 2011

The UK Border Agency has made provisions for International Baccalaureate graduates who will not receive their award certificates in time to apply for university courses starting this September.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is an internationally recognized qualification for students aged between 16 and 19. It is based around detailed academic study of a wide range of subjects, including languages, the arts, science, math, history and geography. The UKBA has made provisional arrangements to accept alternate documentation to confirm Tier 4 Student visa applicants who have been offered a place in a course in the UK based on their IB award. This provisional arrangement will be remain in place until 15 September 2011.

Other UK student visa applicants, are reminded of the following additional guidance:

• Student visa applicants using the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) to demonstrate their English language ability will need to make their online results available to the UKBA who will verify the results.
• 18 and 19 year old International Students currently in the UK may be entitled to extend their stay in the UK as a Tier 4 (Child) Student if they are currently studying in the UK as a Tier 4 (Child) Student or as a student under the regulations before 31 March 2009 if they were granted permission to stay in the UK when they were under 18 years of age.

If you are interested in UK Visas, contact Migration Expert for information and advice on which visa is best suited to you. You can also try our visa eligibility assessment to see if you are eligible to apply for a visa to the UK.