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For obtaining Visa to go to U.K. for studies, the following things should be taken into consideration by students |
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Visas are normally awarded for the duration of the course you have chosen e.g. for a Postgraduate studies for one year, U.K. Visa is normally granted for 12 months. However the Visa is actually granted for 15 months as the graduation ceremony takes place in University of Leeds in December. |
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The Visa Application Form can be downloaded from the British High Commission website – www.ukinindia.com . |
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For applying for visa the students do not have to go to the British High Commission directly instead have to submit the Visa Application Form to the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) Offices, which are official agents of British High Commission. VFS have 11 offices located all over the country. |
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The British High Commission considers students for Visa on the below mentioned 3 criterion primarily |
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Unconditional Offer letter from the University (in original) |
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Proof of sufficient funds to take care of Tuition Fees and Living Cost during your stay in UK |
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You should have no intention to stay in UK after completion of your studies |
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The below mentioned set of Documents are required for Visa |
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| Kindly prepare the set of below mentioned papers for Visa purpose. Send a complete photocopy set of documents to us and give us 5 – 6 days to revert back to you. We will look into it and suggest if any more papers are required and issue you a letter that we have seen all documents & you can be recommended to proceed for Visa. We would request you to not to proceed for Visa without showing us all the documents. |
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Unconditional Offer letter from the University |
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Educational Qualification Certificates |
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IELTS / TOEFL Score card ( if taken) |
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Affidavit of support from parents / company / sponsor - it should clearly state. |
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Student’s Sponsor’s name |
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Name of the University |
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Amount of Tuition Fee & Living Cost |
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| The person should state that he is ready to sponsor the above student and he is ready to bear X amounts of Tuition Fee and / or Living Cost OR Full Tuition Fee and / or full Living Cost. He has sufficient funds to support that. It should be notarized. |
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Chartered Accountant Certificate – It should have the summary of Liquid Assets of father / mother / student / sponsor. We will suggest you to get a Net Worth statement also which will have total amounts of Liquid as well as Fixed assets |
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Liquid Assets Details: To calculate how much amount of Liquid Assets has to be shown, let us consider for example if the total Tuition Fee and Living Cost is Rs. 16 Lacs then ideally one would require to show Liquid Assets worth Rs. 18 Lacs (rough estimates). The documents should be arranged in following order: |
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Fixed Deposits in Nationalized Banks |
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Saving Bank Account statements of father/mother/self/other family member – last six months |
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Public Provident Fund Account Statements (PPF) / PF Statements / GPF statements (only Withdrawl Amount) |
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National Saving Scheme Certificates / National Saving Certificates / Kisan Vikas Patra / Indira Vikas Patra |
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IDBI / ICICI / Tax saving Bonds / RBI Bonds |
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Post Office Deposits - Monthly Investment Plan / Recurring Deposit Account |
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DEMAT account statement of shares / share certificates |
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UTI Policies / LIC Policies – premium paid till date & bonus accrued i.e. Surrender Value as on date |
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Bank Loan – Loan sanction Letter from Nationalized Bank which should clearly state that the loan has been sanctioned along with Terms & Conditions. The loan could be taken for either Tuition Fee or living cost or both. Though we would suggest you to take loan of not more than 50% of Total Cost. Loan can be availed from SBI, Canara Bank, HSBC, Bank of Baroda or any other Nationalized Bank at the ongoing rate 10 - 11% interest. Moreover under section 80E of the Income Tax Act all the interest which you repay back against the education loan is exempted from Income Tax |
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Salary statements of parents/ student (if applicable) |
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Income Tax Returns of parents/ student for last 3 years (if applicable) |
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[for Item no. 6 a, c and d – we should roughly calculate the value of deposit as on date today and not the value on maturity] |
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Sponsorship from Company - If father’s company / family company is sponsoring then we would require following details |
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Letter of support (on company’s letter head) from the company that they have no objection in student being sponsored by the company |
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Balance Sheet of Company / Profit & Loss Statement for last 3 years |
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Current Account Statement of Company (last six months) |
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Income Tax returns of Company (last 3 years)[Audited] |
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Sponsorship from Relatives Abroad/U.K./USA - In this case we would require following documents from the person who is sponsoring: |
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Letter of Sponsorship, it should be notarized (Original) |
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Proof of Job/ Work Permit e.g. Appointment Letter (photocopy) |
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Copy of Passport with pages on which the Visa / Work Permit is granted (photocopy) |
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Bank Statements/ Proof of Financial support (Original) |
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Fixed Assets Details: Lots of time British High Commission does not give much weightage to Fixed Assets as they are more concerned to see Liquid Assets. If you have some Fixed Assets, it is advisable to show them also. Fixed assets can include following things: |
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Property papers of father / mother / student including evaluation reports |
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Jewellery – evaluation report by Government approved evaluator |
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| Kindly make two transparency files / folders as follows to be taken to the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) office of British High Commission for Visa. Kindly visit www.ukinindia.com for detailed information on address of VFS near to your place. |
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Carrying all Original Documents in above order |
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Carrying all photocopies of above documents in same order |
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| Kindly make one more set of photocopy of documents for University of Leeds South Asia Office and send it through courier to us. Please do not send any Original Document to us |
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| After going through your papers, we will give you a Covering Letter addressed to the British High Commission stating that you have Unconditional Offer and we have seen your financial documents & we feel that you should be granted Visa. |
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