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Right to Study Checks

Right to Study 

Everyone who requires immigration permission to be in the UK will be required to undertake a Right to Study (RTS) check.

You are required to demonstrate you have sufficient RTS before you commence your studies at the University. Students who fail to provide the relevant right to study documentation when requested by the university will be withdrawn. 

Due to UKVI Compliance requirements, the documentation you will be asked to provide will be different depending the immigration permission you hold.

The University will keep a copy of your Right to Study documentation on file. 

If you have any questions regarding your Right to Study check, please email us at rts@uos.ac.uk.  

You will also be required to provide ID during the in-person registration process, before you collect your student card.

Evidence for Right to Study Checks

You will be required to provide ID during the in-person registration process, before you collect your student card.

You will be required to evidence your valid passport and Student Route immigration permission.   

You will also be required to evidence your date of entry into the UK and confirm your UK address and contact number.  

 

Immigration permission 

Documentation required 

Student visa  

 

You must provide a copy of your passport, student visa, proof of entry to the UK and UK contact details.

Passport: 

  • Current, valid passport 

Immigration permission: 

  • Your stamped vignette or; 
  • Front and back of your BRP or; 

Proof of entry to the UK:

  • Stamp in passport or; 
  • If you entered the UK by using an e-gate, provide a copy of your flight ticket, boarding pass or luggage tag showing the date you entered the UK 

Contact details: 

  • UK address and; 
  • UK phone number 

Important information: 

If you have been granted a student visa, it is important you check the details on your visa. Check all details are correct, including the start and end date. Further information on the time period granted before your course starts and after it finishes can be found in ST25.1 – ST25.3 of Appendix Student.  

It is your responsibility to check these details carefully and let the Home Office know within 10 days of the BRP arriving if there is an error.

 

You will be required to evidence your valid passport and immigration permission. For refugees, a refugee travel document or other photo ID will be accepted in place of a passport. 

Immigration permission 

Documentation required 

Settled or pre-settled status  

You must provide your valid passport and immigration permission 

Passport: 

  • Current, valid passport 

Immigration permission: 

Other type of immigration permission 

If your immigration permission does not fit into any of the categories above, then you must provide a copy of your passport and valid immigration permission. 

Passport: 

  • Current, valid passport or; 
  • Refugee travel document or other photo ID 

Immigration permission: 

  • Current immigration permission (this could be vignette, immigration stamp or BRP) 
  • If you immigration permission was granted digitally, provide your share code using the view and prove service 
  • Any letters from the Home Office which confirm your immigration permission