Advising on Tier 4 applications

This course is for immigration advisers (not compliance staff) who support students who need to make a Tier 4 application sponsored by your institution. The course covers helping students to make a successful Tier 4 visa application in their home country or a Tier 4 extension application in the UK, the evidence needed to support an application and the conditions of Tier 4 leave.

Having attended this course, you will:

• be aware of the OISC regulations and the implications for competence and boundaries for your immigration advice work
• be able to help students make Tier 4 entry clearance and leave to remain applications
• understand the evidential requirements
• understand how some wider immigration factors may affect Tier 4 applications
• be familiar with the conditions of Tier 4 leave

This course is suitable for:

international student advisers who give students one-to-one immigration advice on completing and submitting the Tier 4 application form. It is of particular relevance to new advisers.

However, before attending this course, delegates will be expected to have attended the UKCISA training course 'Basic Tier 4' course or already understand the principles of Tier 4 of the Points Based System: please check the objectives of this course and feel free to contact the Training Administrator to discuss. If your role in a student's application is more administrative (eg issuing CAS, monitoring the outcome of applications, ensuring institutional Home Office compliance) rather than advising on the overall application and the Tier 4 application form, we advise that you attend the UKCISA training course 'Tier 4 and Sponsor Compliance' instead.