Document checklist
Latvia → United Kingdom: Student visa
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
Checked by our automated verification on 20 Oct 2026: every source on this page resolves and the data is structurally complete. This does not confirm a person re-read the source text for accuracy.
Required documents
9 itemsIdentity
Valid passport or travel document
RequiredYour current passport, or other valid travel documentation, to apply with.
Source: UK Home Office, Student visa: documents you must provide
Financial
Financial sponsor's consent letter
RequiredIf 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
RequiredIf 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
Money for your course and living costs (evidence usually not sent upfront)
RequiredYou must still have enough money for your course fees plus living costs of £1,529 a month in London, or £1,171 a month outside London, for up to 9 months, held for at least 28 days in a row ending no more than 31 days before you apply. Because of your nationality, you usually don't need to send this evidence, or the documents you used to get your course offer, with your application, as long as you apply from the country where you live, or from inside the UK. The Home Office can still ask for them, so keep them ready.
Source: UK Home Office, Immigration Rules: Appendix Student (ST 22.1 differential evidence requirement)
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)
Purpose of travel
Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS)
RequiredA 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
Parental consent (if you're 16 or 17)
RequiredWritten 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
RequiredA 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
RequiredYou 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.
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
- UK Home Office, Student visa (overview) · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Student visa: documents you must provide · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Student visa: money you need · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Financial evidence for Student and Child Student route applicants · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Student visa: knowledge of English · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Student visa: family members (partner and children) · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Tuberculosis (TB) tests for visa applicants · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Student and Child Student caseworker guidance · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Common Travel Area guidance · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Countries where you need a TB test for your UK visa application · checked 13 Sept 2026
- UK Home Office, Immigration Rules: Appendix Student (ST 22.1 differential evidence requirement) · checked 13 Sept 2026
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