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Ghana → United Kingdom: Student visa

What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.

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Required documents

11 items

Identity

Financial

  • Financial sponsor's consent letter

    Required

    If you've received official financial sponsorship for your course fees and living costs in the last 12 months, for example from a national government or a university, you need written consent for your application from that sponsor.

    Source: UK Home Office, Student visa: documents you must provide

  • Letter from your parent agreeing to you using their money

    Required

    If you're using your parent's money to show you can pay for your course and living costs, it must be in an account they control, and they must provide a letter confirming they agree to you using it this way.

    Source: UK Home Office, Financial evidence for Student and Child Student route applicants

  • Proof of funds for your dependants

    Required

    £845 a month if you're in London, or £680 a month outside London, for each dependant, for up to 9 months, held the same way as your own funds (at least 28 consecutive days, ending within 31 days of your application).

    Source: UK Home Office, Student visa: family members (partner and children)

  • Proof you can support yourself and pay for your course

    Required

    Evidence you have enough money for your course fees (the amount payable is shown on your CAS) plus living costs of £1,529 a month if studying in London, or £1,171 a month outside London, for up to 9 months. You must have held this money for at least 28 days in a row, ending no more than 31 days before you apply. Some applicants are exempt from proving this, for example if you've held a UK visa for the last 12 months.

    Source: UK Home Office, Student visa: money you need

Purpose of travel

  • Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS)

    Required

    A CAS reference number from your course provider (a licensed student sponsor), confirming your offer and course details. If your CAS is invalid, your application will be refused.

    Source: UK Home Office, Student visa: documents you must provide

Other

  • Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate

    Needed before you apply if your course requires it, this mainly affects postgraduate research and some postgraduate taught courses in sensitive science and technology subjects. Your course provider can tell you if your course needs ATAS. ATAS applications take at least 30 working days, so check well before applying for your visa.

    Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS)

  • Parental consent (if you're 16 or 17)

    Required

    Written consent from both parents or legal guardians (or one, if they have sole responsibility), covering your visa application, your living and care arrangements in the UK, and your travel to the UK, plus a document such as your birth certificate showing your parents' names.

    Source: UK Home Office, Student visa: documents you must provide

  • Proof of relationship for a partner or child joining you

    Required

    A marriage or civil partnership certificate for a partner, or a birth certificate for a child (a full UK birth certificate showing both parents, if the child was born in the UK), plus two documents confirming a child's address.

    Source: UK Home Office, Student visa: family members (partner and children)

  • Proof of your English language ability

    Required

    You must show you can speak, read, write and understand English: CEFR level B2 for a degree-level course or above, or B1 below degree level. This can be a Secure English Language Test (SELT), a qualifying UK school qualification, a degree taught in English (checked by Ecctis if not from a UK institution), or, at degree level, your provider's own assessment. You don't need to prove it if you're a citizen of a British overseas territory, you completed a qualification equal to a UK degree in a majority English-speaking country on the gov.uk list, you proved your English in a previous visa application, or you're coming on a study abroad programme that's part of a US university degree.

    Source: UK Home Office, Student visa: knowledge of English

  • Tuberculosis (TB) test certificate

    Your country is on the Home Office TB test list. You need a TB test certificate if you're coming to the UK for 6 months or more and you've lived in a listed country for 6 months or more, and were living there (or in another listed country) within the last 6 months. It depends on where you've lived, not only your passport. The test must be done at a clinic the Home Office accepts, and the certificate is valid for 6 months from the date of your X-ray.

    Source: UK Home Office, Countries where you need a TB test for your UK visa application

Why applications on this route get refused

  • Invalid or missing CAS

    If you apply using a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies that is invalid, your application must be refused.

    How to avoid it: Check your CAS details with your course provider before you apply, and make sure it hasn't already been used or withdrawn.

  • Insufficient or unclear financial evidence

    Not showing you have enough money for your course fees and living costs, held for the required 28-day period, is a common reason for refusal.

    How to avoid it: Check the exact amount you need on gov.uk and make sure your bank statements clearly cover the full 28-day period ending within 31 days of your application.

  • Doubts about whether you're a genuine student

    A caseworker must be satisfied you're a genuine student, looking at things like your immigration history, commitment to the course, how it fits your study or career plans, and your funding. If they aren't satisfied, on the balance of probability, the application must be refused (normally only after an interview).

    How to avoid it: Make sure your application and any interview answers are consistent, and that your course clearly relates to your study or career history and plans.

  • False or fraudulent information

    Admitting, at any point, that you gave false information as part of your application results in refusal.

    How to avoid it: Make sure every document and answer in your application is accurate and genuine.

  • Missing TB test certificate

    If you need a TB test certificate and don't provide a valid one, your application should be refused.

    How to avoid it: Check whether you need a TB test based on where you've lived, and get tested at a clinic the Home Office accepts before you apply.

Sources

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