Tier 4 Extension Service

If you're a student on a full-time or pre-sessional course, you can apply to extend your visa through our Tier 4 Extension Service.
You can find out more about how to apply for your visa, and the steps involved in the visa application process, in our guides.
If you're a student on a full-time or pre-sessional course, you can apply to extend your visa through our Tier 4 Extension Service.
Find out which type of student visa you need to apply for.
Guidance for one-year full-time master's course applicants applying for a Tier 4 visa.
Find out about the documents you need before applying for a Tier 4 visa, and which application process to use.
You'll need a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number from the University before you can apply for your Tier 4 visa.
Read about the financial documents that you need to provide in support of your visa application.
Read our advice about preparing for your visa and the common questions applicants have about them. You can also find out how to get more guidance from our Student Immigration team.
Find out how to book appointments and attend drop-in sessions for visa advice with our Student Immigration Service.
You must take different actions depending on which immigration document you have lost, or has been stolen, and whether this happens in the UK or abroad.
Find out more about the current attendance and monitoring policy, what to do when changing your studies or requesting an absence from the University
If you're on a full-time Tier 4 student visa, your family or friends may be able to apply to join you in the UK, but must follow a different process from you.
Find out how to get the right visa to travel abroad.
Students at the University are often able to work while studying. However, there are several rules and regulations that you must know about and follow if you wish to do this.
If you are on a full-time Tier 4 visa, you must only work as much as your visa allows. You could face serious penalties for any error, including deportation.
You can use the Tier 4 worker booking system to make sure you don't exceed the number of hours you're entitled to work.
Find out what work you can and can't do as a full-time Tier 4 visa student.
Find out how your visa status affects the placement, or placements, you may do as part of your course.
Find out how to extend your Tier 4 immigration permission as a doctoral student so that you can start work in the UK.
Find out what work visas are available for Tier 4 students after you graduate.
Find out how Britain's exit from the European Union could affect you.
UKCISA, Universities UK, the NUS and the British Council have created some films to answer your questions about Brexit and studying in the UK as an EU national.
How prospective and current UK and EU students might be affected by Britain leaving the EU.
Find out how to apply and how the Student Immigration Service can support your EU Settlement Scheme application.
You should make sure that you have read and understood our information about the University's responsibilities to you and the UK government, and your own responsibilities while studying in the UK on your visa.
As a Tier 4 visa holder, there are conditions attached to your visa as well as terms and conditions of studying at the University of Bath.
UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) recently amended its Tier 4 Immigration rules and guidance for students.
An online and fully interactive training course for all Tier 4 students at the University.
Find the information you need to help students and make sure the University remains UKVI compliant.
This guide will help you to understand various different tiers, or categories, of immigration depending on the reason why the migrant wishes to come to the UK.
Any staff hiring full-time Tier 4 visa students must follow guidelines to make sure that they, the University and the student are kept safe.
An overview of what a short-term study visa is, the rules and regulations around them, and the processes that you will need to advise students to follow.
The University is obliged to make sure all workers are eligible to work in the UK. Appropriate checks should be completed prior to any work being undertaken.
Details of the circumstances in which University staff should look for help from the Student Immigration Service.
An online and fully interactive training course for all staff working with international students and applicants at the University.
We provide support to prospective and current international students, on all matters to do with student visas and immigration.