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Your Visa, Your Responsibility
Your Visa,
Your Responsibility
CONTENTS
Welcome.....................................................................2
Quick guide ................................................................5
UNIVERSITY
- Your responsibilities at Manchester Met................6
- Record-keeping duties .............................................8
UNIVERSITY - Re-Registration.......................................................10
- Updating your contact details............................... 11
Your responsibilities at
- Managing your engagement .................................12
Manchester Met. - Reporting duties ....................................................14
- Withdrawal or suspension of studies ...................15
- Repeating failed units ...........................................15
- Changes in your circumstances ............................16
- Extending your visa...............................................18
COMMUNITY - Renewing your ATAS .............................................19
Your community
responsibilities. COMMUNITY
- Your community responsibilities ...........................20
- Medical care and the National Health Service .....22
EMPLOYMENT - Registering with a doctor ......................................22
- Police registration ..................................................23
Your responsibilities - Opening a bank account .......................................23
during any employment. - Staying in the UK for reasons other than study ...24
- Volunteering and voluntary work .........................25
EMPLOYMENT
- Your responsibilities during any employment ......26
- Employment during your studies .........................28
- Employment after your studies .............................30
Useful information and contacts .............................32
Disclaimer .................................................................33
1
WELCOME
TO MANCHESTER
METROPOLITAN
UNIVERSITY
Manchester Metropolitan University
(Manchester Met) has a licence with UK Visas
and Immigration (UKVI) and this permits the
University to sponsor your immigration for the
purpose of study at Manchester Met only.
This document is divided into three sections:
• The first section (University) explains the reporting and
record-keeping duties of the University as your Tier 4
(General) sponsor. It explains what you need to do during
your studies at Manchester Met to protect your immigration
status in the UK. The sub-headings include UKVI Rule, the
University’s Responsibility and Your Responsibility.
• The second section (Community) provides useful
information about your Tier 4 student journey within your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) can Your entry clearance or leave to
local community. This includes registering with the police contact us at any time to ask about remain has been granted subject to
(if required), who is eligible for healthcare in the UK and your student status and progress on the conditions stated in Part 6A of the
how to register with a GP (General Practitioner). There is your course. This may also include Immigration Rules (entry clearance –
also useful information about volunteering and how best information about your attendance/ para 245ZW and leave to remain –
to protect your immigration status in the UK to ensure you absence rates on the course. Any para 245ZY):
work within the permitted weekly hours as stipulated on changes to your student status gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/
your immigration permission. are reported to UKVI through your immigration-rules-part-6a-the-points-
Certificate of Acceptance for Studies based-system
• The third section (Employment) is about your Tier 4 student (CAS) number. Reporting to UKVI
journey with a potential employer in the UK. This section is completed through the UKVI We recommend you read the general
provides useful information about employment during and Sponsorship Management System. good practice guide for protecting
after your studies. and maintaining your Tier 4 status
published by the UK Council for
By enrolling with the University, you agree to meet these International Student Affairs (UKCISA):
responsibilities. If you do not, it may affect your stay in the UK. ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/
Visas-and-Immigration/Protecting-
your-Tier-4-status
2 3
QUICK GUIDE
A summary of the documents you I have not passed the year
must submit to Manchester Met and must repeat failed units
Go to page 13 without attendance
Go to page 15
I do not wish to continue studying
Go to page 14 My study location has changed
Go to page 16
I want to take a break from my
studies for the entire academic year I am writing up or completing
Go to page 15 research abroad
Go to page 16
I have failed with no further
opportunity to continue on I will participate in an
the course exchange programme abroad
Go to page 15 Go to page 16
I want to withdraw from my I will complete a work
studies after enrolment placement in the UK
Go to page 15 Go to page 16
I am withdrawn from the course I will complete a work
by the University placement abroad
Go to page 15 Go to page 16
I want to suspend from my I want to transfer courses
studies after enrolment within the University
Go to page 15 Go to page 16
I have not passed the year I need to extend my visa
and must repeat failed units Go to page 18
with attendance
Go to page 15 I want to know if I can
work part-time
Go to page 28
4 5
UNIVERSITY
Your responsibilities at
Manchester Met.
6 7
HOW THE UNIVERSITY
COLLECTS YOUR
RECORD- DOCUMENTS
KEEPING AT PRE-ENROLMENT
DUTIES
Pre-enrolment is obligatory for all new
students and takes place at the beginning of
each academic year. If you are a new student
to the University you must submit originals
of your passport, evidence of immigration
UKVI can contact the University at any time to request documents for the UK, ATAS clearance
documents and information about each Tier 4 student. certificate, a letter of consent from your
These normally include a copy of: Parent or Guardian if you are under 18 and
evidence used to assess your eligibility to
• Your passport join a Manchester Met course (eg original
qualifications, including proof of English
• Evidence of your immigration permission for the UK
language proficiency).
• A list of your current and previous UK contact details
• An Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) If you are a returning student and the
certificate (where required) University does not have up-to-date documents
• For students under 18, a consent letter from a parent on file, you will be blocked from online
or guardian enrolment and must participate in pre-
enrolment. You must submit originals of your
• Documents and information from your admissions
passport and evidence of our immigration
application
permission to be in the UK and study.
If you cannot provide up-to-date immigration
documents you will not be permitted to join
or return to your course. Documents that you
can submit at pre-enrolment to show you are
entitled to enter or remain in the UK and study
would normally include:
• 30-day travel visa and decision letter from
the UKVI
• Front and reverse side of your Biometric
Residence Permit (BRP)
Please note, if you have entered the UK using
a travel visa you would normally be required
to collect your BRP within ten working days
from the address you nominated on your visa
application.
Research students who arrive at different
times of the year (ie after the main enrolment
sessions in September and January) must
contact their Faculty Research Administrator
to make appropriate arrangements for pre-
8 enrolment and induction. 9
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY STUDENTS WITH AN
AND REQUIRED ONGOING APPLICATION
OR APPEAL UPDATING YOUR
ACTION Sometimes you may arrive at the
CONTACT DETAILS
University whilst you are waiting It is your responsibility to make
DURING RE-REGISTRATION for an application or an appeal to sure the University has your
be decided. In order to enrol you latest contact details including
Manchester Met has mandatory
may need to provide evidence a permanent overseas address,
re-registration sessions at the
that your application or appeal temporary UK address and phone
beginning of each term for all Tier 4
was made on time and that you number. You can manage this
students. During re-registration you
are still waiting for a decision. In online or with the Student Hub.
must check-in at a Student Hub in
person to show the University that some instances we may ask your
you have returned to Manchester permission to contact UKVI to Report a change of address to UK
Met after the term breaks. You will confirm your current immigration Visas and Immigration online via
also be requested to confirm that status. If we are unable to confirm gov.uk/change-circumstances-
your contact details are correct. your current immigration status, visa-brp
If you miss re-registration, do not the University will assume you do
submit coursework and/or attend not have permission to stay in the If there are other changes, such
classes; this could result in you UK and you could be withdrawn as nationality or name, please
receiving a formal warning and from your course. You can contact email immigration@mmu.ac.uk
ultimately more serious sanctions, the International Office by email at for guidance.
such as you being withdrawn from VisaCompliance@mmu.ac.uk to
the University. confirm your student status.
10 11
THE TABLE BELOW PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE DOCUMENTS YOU
MUST SUBMIT TO MANCHESTER MET.
WHAT TO WHEN TO WHO SHOULD CONTACT
SUBMIT SUBMIT SUBMIT
Passport Pre-enrolment
Evidence of Pre-enrolment
immigration and
documents for Re-registration
the UK
Up-to-date Online
contact details enrolment and
at any point New and
your contact returning students
details change
Academic Pre-enrolment
Technology
Approval
Scheme (ATAS)
clearance
certificate (if
needed) VisaCompliance@mmu.ac.uk
For under
18s - copy of
MANAGING YOUR the letter of
ENGAGEMENT consent from
If you are undertaking a research Parent or
If you are undertaking a taught
Guardian (if
programme of study, including degree, records of your engagement
needed)
courses taught in Manchester School are managed by checking the
of Architecture, the University must progression points on your course Copies of
keep a record of your attendance in and the submissions of your evidence used Pre-enrolment New students
key sessions from your Manchester supervisory record forms (also to assess your
Met timetable, examinations and known as an RD9) on Skills Forge. eligibility
the dates your assessments are Please make sure you submit at least to join a
submitted during each academic one RD9 form per month. Manchester
year. Please make sure you record Met course (eg,
your attendance in a class, tutorial, For further information, please see: qualifications
seminar or studio session by using mmu.ac.uk/international/visas-and- and English
a card reader in the room or by immigration/after-arrival proficiency)
self-recording your attendance at
attendance.mmu.ac.uk
12 13
WITHDRAWAL OR SUSPENSION
OF STUDIES
REPORTING UKVI RULE
DUTIES The Tier 4 sponsor needs to report if a student stops attending
because of a withdrawal or suspension.
THE UNIVERSITY’S RESPONSIBILITY
The University is required to let UKVI know The University must report the withdrawal/suspension within
if your academic situation changes. In some ten working days of the status change on your student record.
instances the University is also required to The University will also provide UKVI with the student’s last
withdraw sponsorship of your visa; examples of recorded UK address, phone number and personal email address.
this include:
• Failing to enrol or re-enrol for your course
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND
REQUIRED ACTION
• Withdrawing or taking a break in your studies
If you stop studying you should contact VisaCompliance@
• Repeating failed units without attendance
mmu.ac.uk to see if any of the scenarios on our website apply:
• Failing your course without any further mmu.ac.uk/international/visas-and-immigration/changes-of-
opportunities to repeat circumstance
• Low levels of engagement on your course,
including attendance in timetabled classes REPEATING FAILED UNITS
• Completing your course earlier than the end
UKVI RULE
date on your CAS
UKVI will allow students to re-sit examinations or repeat a part
of their course. If the student’s immigration permission expires
In most of the above scenarios, where the
before they finish the re-sit/repeat, they must apply to extend it
University has reported a change based on you
before their current permission expires.
not actively studying via your CAS number,
UKVI will write to you confirming when your
If you no longer have any further opportunities to pass the
visa will be cancelled. This is known as a
course the University will required to withdraw sponsorship of
curtailment.
your visa.
THE UNIVERSITY’S RESPONSIBILITY
The University must report to UKVI if a student is not required
to attend classes for units they are repeating. The University
must also inform UKVI within ten working days after the
changes to the student record have been confirmed and provide
student contact details.
For further information please see:
mmu.ac.uk/international/visas-
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND
and-immigration/changes-of- REQUIRED ACTION
circumstance If you are repeating failed units, you should contact
VisaCompliance@mmu.ac.uk to see if any of the scenarios
on our website apply: mmu.ac.uk/international/visas-and-
immigration/changes-of-circumstance
14 15
UKVI RULE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
CHANGES IN YOUR The Tier 4 sponsor to report
significant changes in a
AND REQUIRED ACTION
If there is a change in your
CIRCUMSTANCES student’s circumstances. circumstance at the University,
please read how this change of
circumstance may affect you and
THE UNIVERSITY’S
your stay in the UK by visiting:
RESPONSIBILITY
The University is required to let UKVI know if aspects of your mmu.ac.uk/international/visas-
The University must report any and-immigration/changes-of-
course change:
significant changes to UKVI circumstance
• The location of your study changes within ten working days after
• You decide to transfer courses the changes to the student
record have been made. These PROBLEMS WITH
• You take an optional placement year or exchange
changes include, but are not YOUR BRP
• You change immigration category whilst in the UK
limited to, the location of your If there is an error on your BRP
study changing, the length of with your personal details,
For further information please see: mmu.ac.uk/international/ your course becoming shorter or length or conditions, you need
visas-and-immigration/changes-of-circumstance undertaking a work placement. to report it within ten days to
UKVI. Guidance is available
from ukcisa.org.uk or contact
immigration@mmu.ac.uk for
further advice.
The same applies if your BRP is
lost or stolen. The University will
need a copy of your replacement
when you receive it.
16 17RENEWING YOUR ATAS OVERSTAYING
If you are currently enrolled on Spending even one day in the
an ATAS-related course you must UK after your visa expires is a
EXTENDING
apply for a new ATAS clearance criminal offence, unless you made
certificate if you have: an application to extend your visa
YOUR VISA • changed your course or chosen before it expired.
modules – this includes the
area of research for students If you overstay your visa you
completing research degrees are unable to study, rent
If your course changes, you transfer to a accommodation or have a bank
placement, transfer course, have re-sits, • changed your institution account.
are repeating a year or otherwise have • are applying to extend your leave
an extension you may need to extend in order to complete your course You can make a valid application
your visa. as an overstayer in the first 14 days
• changed the length of your
course, even if you are still able under certain circumstances but
You will need to request a fresh CAS you will be continuing to overstay
to complete your studies within
to make a fresh Tier 4 visa application until your application is decided.
your current leave
and again pay the Immigration Health For further information about what
Surcharge; any dependants can extend circumstances Manchester Met will
The application may be a
their visas too. support a new application under,
requirement regardless of the type
of immigration permission you please see the appropriate CAS
If your course requires ATAS clearance Policy at: mmu.ac.uk/CAS
currently hold.
you will need to apply again for a new
certificate to support your visa application. If ATAS clearance is refused by
If we advise you to leave the UK,
the Foreign and Commonwealth
It is possible for some students to extend you will be asked to send flight
Office, regrettably you will not be
a Tier 4 visa inside the UK; to check if details so we can confirm this to
permitted to join or continue on
this is possible please check UKCISA’s UKVI.
your course at Manchester Met.
website ukcisa.org.uk under ‘can you
apply in the UK?’ or email immigration@ All copies or scans of your You will need to declare the
mmu.ac.uk for guidance. documents are uploaded centrally overstay on every future visa
to the University Student Record application; an overstay of more
System. than 30 days will get you a one-
If you have Police Registration as a
condition of your visa you need to ensure year re-entry ban and forgetting to
your address is current and your certificate VISA REFUSALS declare the overstay can get you a
is available to support your application. If your application is not successful ten-year entry ban.
please let us know immediately
There are limits to the amount of time a by sending a copy of the Refusal If you have overstayed please
Tier 4 visa holder can spend in the UK; Notice to immigration@mmu. contact an adviser by emailing
if you repeat an Undergraduate year ac.uk, we can then advise you on immigration@mmu.ac.uk
then you have less time for your Master’s your next steps.
Degree. If this is a concern please email
immigration@mmu.ac.uk to discuss your Guidance will be provided on your
options with an adviser. options: to challenge the refusal,
apply for a new CAS to make a
new visa application or take a
break from your studies.
As your sponsor, the University
needs to report the refusal within
ten working days.
18COMMUNITY
Your community
responsibilities.
20 21YOUR TIER 4
STUDENT JOURNEY OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT
To open an account, most banks will require a
IN YOUR COMMUNITY letter to confirm enrolment from the University
before they will open an account for you. You
can request this letter via the Student Hub after
you have completed pre-enrolment and online
enrolment.
MEDICAL CARE AND THE NATIONAL
HEALTH SERVICE Be cautious of anyone approaching you with the
Doctors, dentists and hospital services are promise of cash in exchange for the use of your
provided by the National Health Service (NHS), bank account. It could be a criminal offence and,
partially funded by the Immigration Health if found being involved in such criminal activity,
Surcharge. Walk-in centres can help with minor it can have a negative impact on your financial
injuries, same-day service with no appointment records and affect future applications for a
required. Emergency and Urgent Care is for very mortgage, credit card, mobile phones and any
serious accidents or acute illness which require other credit-related services. It may also impact
hospital treatment and aftercare. Dentists any future immigration applications.
are also partially funded by the NHS, though
some charges apply for appointments and If you feel that your account may have been
treatments, even for students who have paid misused, we encourage you to speak to your
the Immigration Health Surcharge. bank or to the police.
The British Council’s ‘Creating Confidence’
guidance and the UKCISA website both
contain helpful information for students in
relation to banking in the UK. You can find
more information at: mmu.ac.uk/international/
arrival/opening-a-bank-account
REGISTERING WITH A DOCTOR
POLICE REGISTRATION
Primary care is through a General Practitioner
(GP), a doctor who provides assessment and Certain nationalities are required to register
treatment by appointment or refers to specialist with the police in the UK as a condition of
services as required, free of charge. To find a their visas. You can find full details from
GP near you check nhs.uk/service-search or Greater Manchester Police: gmp.police.uk/
register with The Arch Medical Practice near the advice/advice-and-information/ov/registering-
University: thearchmedicalpractice.co.uk overseas-visitor/af2/how-to-register
For information on healthcare in the UK and how Once you have requested the appointment, do
to stay healthy, please see the help sheet from not worry about the date being more than a
the UK Council for International Student Affairs: week after your arrival, and ensure you attend it
ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/Studying-- with the required documents.
living-in-the-UK/Health-and-healthcare
If you live outside Greater Manchester and
would like help finding your local registration
office please email immigration@mmu.ac.uk
22 23STAYING IN THE UK FOR
REASONS OTHER THAN
STUDY
A Tier 4 visa is issued primarily for the
purpose of study. If there are issues
preventing you from engaging in your
studies then you should seek support
from the University, starting with the
Student Hub. If you are not able to
actively engage in your programme of
study the University cannot continue
to sponsor your Tier 4 visa. If you need
to remain in the UK for reasons other VOLUNTEERING AND help a charity, voluntary or public
than study you will need to apply for sector organisation. Volunteering
VOLUNTARY WORK
a different immigration permission, is usually considered an additional
and should consult a registered Volunteering or voluntary work
beneficial extra to support work
immigration adviser or immigration alongside your studies helps develop
done by employees and if there
solicitor outside the University. To skills and provides engaging
were no volunteers, the work
discuss this with an immigration enrichment opportunities. You
would still be carried out.
adviser in the University please email should be aware of the differences
immigration@mmu.ac.uk in what is volunteering and what
Volunteering is not considered
is voluntary work and whether
unpaid employment, therefore
To resume your studies you would your visa permits you to carry out
students on Short-term Study visas
need to show the University that you voluntary work.
are permitted to volunteer.
have valid Leave that permits you to •V
oluntary work/workers: this is
study in the UK. unpaid employment and usually For more volunteering opportunities,
has contractual obligations to visit the Opportunities team in
A full list of OISC-regulated immigration perform the work; for example, to The Union or visit:
advisers can be found by visiting: attend at specific times and carry theunionmmu.org/volunteering
home.oisc.gov.uk/adviser_finder/finder. out specific tasks. The contract
aspx does not have to be written. PLACEMENTS
The University also has help and Tier 4 visa holders can carry out If you secure a placement which
support available for students who voluntary work. Any voluntary is an integrated and assessed part
require health and wellbeing advice at: hours worked should be included of your course of studies it is not
when calculating the weekly hours considered work, and the hours are
mmu.ac.uk/counselling unrestricted.
permitted under your Tier 4 visa.
mmu.ac.uk/media/mmuacuk/content/ The Placements Office can provide
documents/policy/Pregnancy-and- • Volunteering: students who
are volunteering do not have a a letter for the employer confirming
Maternity-Guidelines--Students.pdf this, and your placement provider
contract, are not a substitute for
an employee and must not be will also need a copy of your
doing unpaid work or receiving passport, visa and BRP.
payment in kind. Students who
are volunteering are sometimes You are able to work an additional
reimbursed reasonable travel and 20 hours outside of your placement,
subsistence expenses and usually if you have time.
24EMPLOYMENT
Your responsibilities
during any employment.
26 27YOUR TIER 4
STUDENT JOURNEY
WITH AN EMPLOYER
EMPLOYMENT DURING YOUR STUDIES
If you have Tier 4 immigration permission to study at Manchester Met your visa should
All students with work permission also For more information, please see the have been granted with the following work permissions:
have the following restrictions: following web pages:
• You cannot fill a full-time permanent ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/
vacancy Working/Can-you-work LEVEL OF HOURS PER WEEK HOURS PER WEEK
• No self-employment (this means no COURSE DURING TERM TIME DURING VACATIONS
freelance or consultancy work and gov.uk/government/publications/
A course at The maximum amount of part-time You can work full-time
you cannot set up your own business) guidance-on-application-for-uk-visa-as-
or above UK work you can do during term time during vacations.
• No work as a professional sports tier-4-student
degree level (for is 20 hours per week, if you are
person or entertainer example, BA or studying and remain enrolled at
gov.uk/government/publications/ BSc (Hons)) Manchester Met.
The permitted term-time hours does guidance-on-application-for-uk-visa-as-
not mean an average of 10/20 hours, tier-4-student A course that You are limited to 10 hours per You can work full-time
it means you cannot work more than is below UK week if you are studying and during vacations.
10/20 hours in any one week Monday PBS dependants are not restricted in degree level (for remain enrolled at Manchester Met.
to Sunday. You can work for several the same way, but all students are example, pre-
asked to consider their study/work/life sessional or BTEC
different employers, but the total hours
balance. Short-term study visa holders Foundation)
over all your jobs should not exceed
the maximum permitted. are visitors and not allowed to work in
Postgraduate You are limited to working 20 hours In general, the only vacation
the UK.
taught courses per week until the end date of your periods you can work full-
It is your responsibility to ensure you course. You can find this date on time are during Christmas
do not breach the conditions of your UNDERGRADUATE your CAS. You are not permitted and Easter.
visa. You should record the hours you PROGRAMMES to work full-time during the time
work for reference, write the hours you would normally be expected to
The University’s standard term dates complete a dissertation.
worked in a diary or keep a record in
will apply, except where specific term For example, during the summer
your phone’s calendar.
dates are approved for individual and autumn term while you are
programmes. During University collecting data and writing up your
UKVI visit employers to check
vacation periods, there is no restriction dissertation you are considered to
employees’ right to work. UKVI take
on the number of hours per week a full- be studying full-time.
working too many hours very seriously
time undergraduate student can work.
and you could be removed from the UK Postgraduate All full-time research students The University’s term dates
and refused future visa applications if research courses are limited to no more than 20 do not apply to you as your
you have been in breach of your hours paid employment per week course is full-time and there
work conditions. throughout the duration of their are no official vacation
research degree. This rule is set by periods as part of your
the University. This is to ensure that course.
students do not compromise their
ability to successfully complete
their research degree programme.
28POSTGRADUATE TAUGHT EMPLOYMENT AFTER STUDIES
PROGRAMMES You may be interested to stay in the
Students on full-time postgraduate UK and work after your studies, and
taught programmes are required with a Tier 4 visa you are permitted to
to spend the Summer vacation (ie work unlimited hours in the wrap up
from the end of the Summer Term period at the end of your course. If you
to the beginning of the Autumn are looking for a permanent position
Term) working on a 60-credit project/ in the UK your job would need to meet
dissertation. This period is considered the Tier 2 salary requirements and
equivalent to term time for these your employer would become your
students and the 20 hours maximum immigration sponsor.
working hours applies. There are no
restrictions on the number of hours The University’s specialist Careers and
you can work during official vacation Employability Advisers can help you
periods on your course such as prepare for the challenges of looking
Christmas and Easter. for suitable opportunities, completing
successful applications and preparing
If you submit your final assessment for interviews. For further information
early, you must still wait until the please visit UKCISA:
official course end date before you may ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/
work full-time. Working/Working-after-studies
To see how many organisations already
RESEARCH DEGREE GRADUATE
have employees with Tier 2 visas you
PROGRAMMES can check the Sponsor Register:
EMPLOYMENT
Term dates do not apply to full-time gov.uk/government/publications/ From summer 2021
postgraduate research programmes. register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers Tier 4 visa holders
These students have 30 days of annual completing a taught
leave, the timing of which is approved Degree will be able
DOCTORATE EXTENSION to apply for a two-
by their supervisor.
SCHEME year visa. Tier 4 visa
For wellbeing reasons, the University The University is able to continue holders completing a
takes the view that annual leave should sponsoring PhD candidates for an PhD qualification may
be regarded as a break and not as an additional 12 months under Tier 4 be eligible for a three-
opportunity to engage in employment. (DES), in the first year after completing year visa. This is not
the PhD, in which time you can linked to a specific
progress your research and pursue your employer and there are
WORKING FOR THE academic aims. The DES visa must be no conditions on salary
UNIVERSITY applied for after your visa but within or hours.
The University employs students via the 60 days leading to the conferment
Further information will
Jobs4Students. During term time of your PhD. For more information
be available once the
students can be employed by the please see: ukcisa.org.uk/Information-
Graduate Employment
University for up to a maximum of 16 -Advice/Working/Working-after-
visa is included in the
hours per week. If you wish to work studies#layer-3780
Immigration Rules.
for more than 16 hours per week, this
will be dependent on the restrictions Please note that DES is expected Those graduating before
in place on the type of course you are to end in 2020/21. To meet with an summer 2021 or with a
studying and if you are classed as being immigration adviser and discuss non-Tier 4 visa will not
in term time. different immigration categories please be able to benefit from
email immigration@mmu.ac.uk this new visa.
30 31USEFUL DISCLAIMER
INFORMATION AND This document has been prepared
CONTACTS to provide Manchester Met students
with an overview of the University
and a student’s responsibilities and is
a guide for general information only. It
MY ENQUIRY WHO SHOULD I USEFUL WEBSITES does not represent a full statement
of legal requirements and is not
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intended to be relied upon in any
Extending specific student’s case.
immigration
permission to mmu.ac.uk/immigration Individual students should ensure
enter/remain in that they understand immigration
the UK guidelines and keep up to date with
immigration@mmu.ac.uk
Repeating/re- mmu.ac.uk/students/assessments changes to legislation or rules during
sitting their stay in the UK in order to protect
their immigration status. Students
BRP collection or should be aware that UKVI may revise
corrections its policies at any time and the law is
subject to change. Manchester Met
Pre-enrolment
has used reasonable endeavours to
Re-registration mmu.ac.uk/international/arrival ensure that the guide is accurate at
VisaCompliance@mmu.ac.uk the time of preparation.
CAS Request Form
Manchester Met shall be entitled
Change of Study
Address Form to revise its policies or procedures
relating to compliance with its UKVI
Attendance sponsor duties at any time within an
Self-registration Tier4Attendance@mmu.ac.uk mmu.ac.uk/attendancefaq academic year.
Application
For full terms and conditions of
You can call the International Office on +44 (0)161 247 1022 (option 3). study at Manchester Metropolitan
University, please visit: mmu.ac.uk/
legal/terms-and-conditions
The information contained in this
publication was written in July 2020.
32Manchester Metropolitan University
External Relations
International Office
6 Great Marlborough Street
Manchester
M1 5AL
United Kingdom
Contact our International Office:
+44 (0) 161 247 1022
mmu.ac.uk/international
Please note: This booklet is based on the information
available at the time of publication in July 2020.
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