CAS request for current students (for a student visa application made outside of the UK)

If you are currently in the UK and require a CAS:

This page is for students who are outside of the UK, therefore, please see the guidance on the following link if you are in the UK and require a CAS:

Warwick | Student immigration | I am a Student | Student Visa Route | CAS

If you are not in the UK, and require a CAS, please ensure your read all the guidance below BEFORE you submit the form below.

What is this form for:

This form is to enable continuing students, that is, currently enrolled students, outside of the UK, to request a CAS to enable them to make an application under the Student Visa Route of the Immigration Rules due to the following reasons:

Academic extension

Course Change, Course Transfer or Internal Upgrade

Switching to the Student Visa Route

Returning from a period of temporary withdrawal

Returning to the UK to re-sit examinations

If you are restarting on a new course

A student who is currently registered on a course at a partnership institution, for example, Monash University or University of Mons, and now require a CAS to start a period of study in the UK, but NOT students coming to Warwick for a period of exchange/study abroad

If you are returning for a period of study of less than 6 months duration, for example, to re-sit examinations:

You may be able to apply under the Standard Visitor Visa Route instead.

We advise that you read the guidance on the following link before you make this decision, and contact us if you have any further questions:

Warwick | Student immigration | I am a Student | Standard Visitor Visa Route

If your course requires ATAS clearance:

You must apply for and receive your ATAS before you can apply for a Student Visa.

Please see the guidance on the following link:

Warwick | Student immigration | I am a Student | Student Visa Route | ATAS

If you are returning from a period of Temporary withdrawal due to ill health:

You must complete the resumption request via Student Records Online, and provide a "Medical Fit Note" from your care provider before you will be permitted to return.

Student Immigration will not issue a CAS if you were on TWD due to ill health, and you have NOT provided a Medical Fit Note, or submitted a Resumption of Studies request.

Please see the guidance on the following links:

Warwick | Student Records | Resumption of Study Following a Temporary Withdrawal

Warwick | Student Immigration | I am a Student | Change in Circumstances | Temporary withdrawal (TWD)

If your Student Record shows that you are in debt with with the University:

Please contact Student Finance to resolve your Student Account, as we cannot issue a CAS if your Student Record indicated that you are in debt to the University.

Warwick | Student Administrative Services | Student Finance | Contact Us

Important information regarding your REMOTE CAS request

Student immigration are only able to issue a CAS to students pursuing a full time course.

We aim to complete a REMOTE CAS request within 5 working days of the request being submitted.

If there is a delay in processing your CAS we will email to keep you updated.

If you are NOT in the list of Low Risk Nationals, please upload financial evidence you intend to use in your visa application. We cannot process your CAS unless this is attached.

If, after reading the information above, you are unsure if you need to submit this form, please contact the Student Immigration using the following link:

Warwick | Student Immigration | Contact Us.

ABOUT YOU

Uni ID

Full name

University of Warwick Email Address – This will auto fill if you are signed in.

First name(s) (as stated on passport)

Family Name (as stated on passport)

Date of Birth

Your email address – If you choose to use a Non-Warwick Email address, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Your academic department/course office email address

Passport Number

Passport Expiry Date

Are you a full time student

Are you currently in the UK

If you are currently in the UK please state when you intend to leave the UK

ABOUT YOUR CAS REQUEST

Why do you require a CAS?

When do you intend to make your Student Visa application?

Do you intend to make a student visa application using this CAS outside of the UK

Please select the type of your current or most recent visa, for example, Tier 4. If you have not had a visa please select ‘N/A’

Other Visa Details

Expiry date of your current visa. If you do not have a valid visa, please leave blank.

Please provide further details of your reason for a CAS

Will you spend the next academic year on a ‘study abroad’ year or ‘work placement’ year (we will use this information to calculate the course fees due on your CAS)

Does the course that you are studying require an ATAS certificate

Date you intend to return to the UK (this should be the date you will put on your student visa application form). In some cases we will use this date as the ‘course start date’ on your CAS to indicate your expected return date. We will also give you a ‘Latest Start Date’ which is usually 2 weeks after your course start date for UG and Postgraduate Master’s students and 1 month for research students. Please note that it is YOUR responsibility to ensure that you make your visa application in good time so that you can return to the UK before the ‘latest start date’ on your CAS, and that you do NOT miss any critical contact point or exam or miss any assignment deadline.

If you are returning to the UK to sit/resit exams, or, if you are a taught Master's student and need to submit an assignment including dissertation, please provide in the space below:

1) Which module(s) you need to sit/resit

2) The dates of your exams (if known)

3) The details of any class exams organised by your academic department which will take place outside of the main exam period.

4) For taught Master's student who need to re-submit, the date you intend to submit your last piece of academic work.

If you have taken ‘Temporary Withdrawal’, please provide in the space below:

(1) The exact dates of you leaving and re-joining the programme below.

(2) If you are currently on ‘Temporary Withdrawal’ for health reasons, you will also need to provide a ‘medical fit note’ to Student Records (undergraduate and postgraduate taught students) or the Doctoral College (postgraduate research students).

Your CAS request will be processed once the ‘fit note’ is approved.

Please provide the requested details of your Re-sit, re-submission or Temporary Withdrawal here

Time limit for studying in the UK - for undergraduate students only

For further information on this please visit this webpage: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/international/updates/5-year_cap_on/.

Please answer the following questions to provide us with the required information.

Do NOT include information about your current course at the University of Warwick because we already have this information.

Have you been granted a Student visa for a degree level course before coming to Warwick

Please provide further information if you answered Yes to the last question, including start and end date of the previous course, length of the visa granted and reason for not completing that course before coming to Warwick

Please provide any further information which you feel is relevant, for example, if you have been previously granted a student visa to study a degree level course in the UK but you did not commence the course (for example, if you deferred studies after a visa is granted); if you had a course change during your previous studies (for example, if you changed course from MEng to BEng); if you had to extend your visa in the UK because you had a period of academic extension.

ATTACHMENT

1) If you have a new passport, please upload a copy of the data page;

2) If you have been granted student visa(s) before you joined Warwick (Undergraduate students only), please upload a scanned copy of your previous visa;

3) If your course requires ATAS clearance, attach your ATAS certificate;

4) If you are in receipt of funding from the University of Warwick, attach your award letter;

You can attach a maximum of 10 documents.

Attachments

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Priority Service:

Some visa application centres offer a priority (user pay) visa service to enable applicants to receive their visa more quickly. If you applied for your CAS very close to the date you are due to resume studies, we will use this information to ascertain whether you have enough time to obtain a Student visa. You can find out CAS assignment deadline here: https://warwick.ac.uk/immigration/tier4/cas/.

Please answer the following questions regarding the priority service:

Is there is a Priority (3-5 working days processing time) or Super Priority (1 working day processing time) visa service in your home country?

Do you intend to use the Priority or Super Priority visa service to submit your visa application?

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