See ‘Biometric Residence Permit’.

Someone who depends on you financially, such as a husband, wife, partner, or child.

This is permission to enter the UK.  It is the name of the visa that you are given at the start of any period of time in the UK.  It is usually a yellow sticker in your passport. See picture.

  Financial sponsorship is where a Tier 4 (General) student is given money to cover some or all his/her course fees and/or living costs. This financial sponsorship can be used as evidence of money you [..]

The UKVI name for their “immigration system for managing applications by people who wish to come to the United Kingdom to work, train or study”. Applicants are given a certain number of points for dif [..]

See ‘Appeal’

See ‘Tier 4 Sponsor’ or ‘Financial Sponsor’

This is the institution that has offered you a place.  For most students reading this page, Bangor University!   (Our

is the lead UK government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime, counter-terrorism, police and equality.  UKVIS is not to be confused with the

The UK Council for International Student Affairs is an independent organisation which promotes and protects the needs of international students in the UK.  They are very useful organisation, and if yo [..]