Ease of Getting Student Visa

Overall Rating :

9 Very High

List Of Documents

1) Visa Application form. Prospective students need to fill 2 Application forms.

a) Application form VAF3A (http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/resources/en/docs/1903073/vaf3a)
b) Appendix 8 General Student self assessment form - For CASs assigned on or after 21 April 2011 (http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/resources/en/docs/1903073/PBSappendix8generalstudent1)
2) Visa application fee can paid in cash of Rs 19,150 or DD in favour of "The British High Commission" payable in Chennai
3) Apply visa at the VFS office - http://www.vfs-uk-in.com/contactus.aspx
4) Valid passport (valid for at least 6 months from the date of interview)
5) Offer Letter
6) CAS Letter or CAS Reference number
7) Academic Certificates – from 10th to last studied qualification
8) Standardized test – IELTS / TOEFL
9) Financial supporting documents
10) Proof of Liquid funds to Cover the Tuition fees and Living Expenses
11) Savings Bank Balance, Fixed Deposit (28 days old funds)
12) Approved in principal Education Loan
13) All financial support documents must be in English, or with an official translation into English from the bank attached.
14) All bank statements and bank letters must be on bank letterhead and include the name of the account holder, account number, and specific amount of funds.
15) Photograph – Size should be 2 inches x 2 inches with white back ground

The overall rating for the ease of getting the student visa is 9 (on a scale of 1 -10, with 10 being very easy to get the Visa). The above comments hold true if a applicant follows the following guidelines.

To get the UK visa it very easy if the student follows the prescribed rules and regulation by the UK Border Agency which gives permission to travel or enter the UK. The permission is called entry
Clearance.

The student needs to apply for the visa 90 days in advance to the course start date. This insures the processing time will up to 7 working days. If the student delays in applying for the visa then the process time will be ranging from 3 to 6 weeks.

Applying for the visa 3 months prior will not only help in securing the visa faster but also the student can do the necessary travel arrangements in a smoother way or in other words, it can also be said the student can save money. For Example the Exchange rate in the month of June will be low compared to the exchange rate in the month of august or September. The student can choose the book his flight tickets with lot of offer which will be in the month of June and July

For PG Applicants – Need to apply to the Universities at least 6 to 8 months in advance if he is apply to traditional universities which will take 4 to 6 weeks of process of application and issue the Conditional or unconditional offer letter and then the student need to accept the offer and receive the CAS letter.

And if the student wants to apply for the education loan then the student need to have a unconditional offer letter in hand to process the educational loan. And the process time for the education loan will be around 4 weeks(This may vary from bank to bank).

For UG Applicants- Need to apply for the universities through UCAS, and it is advised that the student need to apply to the universities at least 10 months in advance.

Please also remember that the universities may wave your IELTS or TOFEL exams but it is preferred that the student takes up the above standardized test for Visa purpose.

If the student follow the above guidelines then getting the student visa will be very easy

Ease of working during study

Overall Rating : 9 - High

Potential Earning Per Year:~ 12,000 to 13,000

When a student from the home country travels abroad for further studies directly or indirectly he is not only getting the international degree but also an international exposure. He is termed as an international student. When we speak about the international exposure which means that the student is gaining various experiences at the international level, where he is interacting with many other international students who are from different parts of the globe this is at university. Add-on to this government has given an opportunity to the student to work will study.

Working during studies can be streamed into part time and full time work. While the studying he can work of 20 hrs per week and in the vacation he can work 40 hrs per week. This is not to encourage the student to only work and earn money and get indulged in over working and getting diverted from study. But to encourage an international student to know the country and other international students culture during the study time and in the vacation outside the university. In short the international student is given a opportunity to make his network (Friends) throughout the globe.

The following are the facts for the student to work while studying

This will make him independent and earn extra money for his living expenses or future tuition fees.
He will have an opportunity to get mingled with the other international students or citizen of the country and help him to understand the culture and habitats of different international students.
This will also help him to understand various industries in the country and which will help him to understand the various opportunities after the completion of his course.

According to the UK wage rate the students can earn ~6 GBP per hr. but times like charismas vacation it will go upto 7 to 8 GBP also.

Per year a student can make ~

Ease for Stay back options

Overall Rating : 6 to 7 - Medium

The post study work visa was closed in April 2012. The student who is studying a course for more than 12 months can stay in UK for the course duration and plus to that 4 months. In this 4 months the student need to convert his student visa to a proper Job visa. But the government has ease the resident labour market. Under the Tier 2 employer will not have to show that the job was advertised. However the job will have to be a graduate level job with a specified minimum wage and the employer must have a Tier 2 License.

Current Economy

Indicator Name	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011 YTD
GDP growth (annual %)	2.2	2.9	2.6	0.5	-4.9	-4.9	0.5
Consumer prices Inflation (annual %)	2.8	3.2	4.3	4.0	-0.6	-0.6	4.0
Total Unemployment (% of total labor force)	4.6	5.3	5.2	5.3	7.7	7.7	5.3
Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24)	12.2	13.9	14.4	14.1	18.9	18.9	14.1
The recession significantly affected the financial state of the United Kingdom and the UK economic outlook of the present year indicates that the condition is not yet very much stable. Though the financial experts of the country have adopted different measures for restructuring the economy of the country, they are not yet successful in offering complete cure-all which existed before the recession. According to many reports, the job cuts and layouts during the recession period has dampened the economy of the country. Several multinational companies have been streamlined during the recession. They have not opened up vacancies like the pre-recession state for which the unemployment rate has been quite high. UK unemployment rate 2011 has been quite high and the reports published a couple of months back state that the number of unemployed people in the country is more than 2.53 million, a figure which is quite high. As the overall economic condition has not made any significant development in the past few months, the UK GDP growth is not quite high this year. The financial forecasts made by the experts indicate that the financial condition of the country will develop by 1.4 percent which is not much astonishing owing to the slow progress of the economy. The financial growth of the country completely depends on how the businesses flourish in the country and how much confidence businesses pick up to invite investments. Graduate employers are predicting a surge in vacancies this summer after offering more jobs than expected last year, according to a survey of over 200 recruiters. Salaries are likely to remain static, the survey indicates, but vacancies are predicted to increase by 3.8% this year.The brighter outlook for university leavers follows an unexpected increase in vacancies last year, the first growth in the graduate job market since the recession. Despite a prediction that vacancies would fall by nearly 7% last summer, a surge in recruitment during the closing months of 2010 led to employers reporting an 8.9% rise in the number of positions. The upward trend is predicted to continue this year. But the average salary is predicted to remain static at Ł25,000 for an unprecedented third year, according to the poll by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). A poll of 100 employers published by High Fliers Research last week predicted a far higher average starting salary of Ł29,000, though this was based on a narrower sample.

Proposed Economy

Indicator Name	2011 Projected	2012 Projected	2013 Projected
GDP growth (annual %)	2.0	1.4	1.7
Consumer prices Inflation (annual %)	2.9	1.9	1.8
Total Unemployment (% of total labor force)	9.3	9.3	5.8
The recovery paused in end-2010 and growth is projected to remain weak in 2011, despite rising exports and business investment, but to pick up in 2012. Above-target inflation, driven by tax increases and commodity prices, and needed fiscal consolidation, will hold back private consumption and public spending during 2011-12. Inflation will remain above the 2% target through 2011 and most of 2012, but is set to fall when the effects of the tax increases and rising import prices wane. As inflation falls, private consumption should start to recover. Unemployment is likely to increase in the short term, reflecting the slow recovery and rising labour force participation. The current fiscal consolidation strikes the right balance and should continue in line with the government’s medium-term plan to eliminate the deficit, while allowing the automatic stabilisers to work. An upward harmonisation of VAT rates combined with higher infrastructure spending would lower the short-term negative growth effects of consolidation without affecting its pace. Further reforms to improve public sector efficiency and increasing the effective retirement age would mitigate fiscal pressures. Monetary policy should remain expansionary over the forecast period to support activity in view of the tightening fiscal stance. However, normalisation of interest rates will need to start during 2011 to stave off significant increases in inflation expectations.

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