Studying for less than 6 months

Studying for more than 6 months

• You can apply as a student visitor if you are 18 years old or over, you want to come to study in the UK for up to 6 months, and you do not want to work while you are here.
• You cannot change and apply for Tier 4 (General Student Visa) while you are in the UK as a student visitor.
• You must be aged 18 or over, and you must have been accepted on a course of study by Oxford School of English.
• To enter the UK you will need a letter of confirmation issued by Oxford School of English. The confirmation letter will be sent to you as soon as we have received full payment.
• You must provide evidence to the immigration officer at the UK border of funding available to you.
• Please check the United Kingdom Border Agency website for further information and updates.

• You can apply as an adult student under Tier 4 (General Student Visa) of the points-based system if you are 16 or over.
• You will need to provide a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies reference number (CAS), which will be issued by Oxford School of English, and the printed CAS statement. You will also need to provide the Statement of Results from your Visa Language Test, which you will receive by email.
• Please check the United Kingdom Border Agency website for further information and updates.

How to obtain a CAS number issued by Oxford School of English

• Once you have enrolled at our school we will send you a CAS application form which must be completed and submitted to us.
• We will send you login details for an online language test provided by Oxfordenglishtesting, an external language test provider affiliated to Oxford University Press.
• When you have passed the test with CEFR level B1 or higher we will request a CAS number from the United Kingdom Border Agency. If your test results show that your language level is below level B1 you cannot apply for a General Student Visa but you can still come to study with a Student Visitor Visa (see left).
• As soon as a CAS number has been assigned to you we will send you a link to your CAS statement which you must print and attach to your visa application form.
• The language test provider will email you a report card of your test which must also be attached to your application form.

Please note: once a CAS number is assigned to you NO ALTERATIONS OF THE DETAILS YOU SUBMITTED TO US CAN BE MADE except for the PAYMENT DETAILS. IF CHANGES HAVE TO BE MADE THE ENTIRE CAS PROCESS HAS TO BE WITHDRAWN AND YOU WILL BE CHARGED GBP 25 FOR A NEW CAS NUMBER.