Study in the UK

This category is for children aged 4-17 coming to study at a UK independent school.

The applicant must be awarded:

50 points for Confirmation of Acceptance of Study, course requirement, study at independent school, aged 4-17 when applying and parental consent
20 points for the financial requirement

The written consent must confirm support for all the following:

• The application; and the applicant’s living and care arrangements in the UK; and if the application is for entry clearance, the applicant’s travel to, and reception arrangements in, the UK.?
• If the child is to live with a close relative or private foster carer, that close relative or foster carer must be British or settled in the UK. That person must also provide a letter? of undertaking? containing:

Their name, current address and contact details?

The address where they will be living with the child confirmation that the accommodation is a private address, and not a hotel or a youth hostel the nature of the relationship between the child’s parent(s) or legal guardian and the intended carer that the intended carer agrees to the care arrangements for the applicant and has at least £570 per month available to look after and accommodate the applicant, for each month of the course up to a maximum of 9 months a list of any other people that they have offered to support the intended carer’s signature and date of the letter of undertaking.

If the applicant is staying in a?private foster care arrangement?and is aged under 16 years, it is also mandatory to provide:

A copy of the letter of notification from their parent, legal guardian or intended carer to the UK local authority, confirming that the applicant will be in the care of a private foster carer while in the UK; and
the UK local authority’s confirmation of receipt, confirming that the local authority has received notification of the private foster care arrangement and have given permission to the arrangement
Note that the finance and qualification requirements need not be met at the date of application where the child is a national of an English speaking country listed in the Immigration Rules of has a BN(O) passport or a passport issued in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, or Taiwan (including the Taiwan ID number).

Finance

This element requires that, essentially, the course (and boarding, if relevant) fees are met in full plus:

• a) To a carer living with the applicant as a Parent of a Child student, £1,560 are available per month up to 9 months (or £625 if there are other children under the care of the same person)
• b) To a close relative or private foster carer, £570 per month are available up to 9 months
• c) If aged 16-17 and living independently, £1334 for each month up to 9 months (or £1023 if studying outside London)

Qualifications

In addition, the qualification certificates and transcripts used to apply for the course must be provided.

Grant and conditions

If aged 16 and over, the Child student can work:
up to10 hours per week during term time and without restriction during vacation and before the course starts work placements assessed as part of the course which must not take up more than half the length of the course (unless it is a statutory requirement that it should) Types of work which are not allowed are self-employment, business activity, work as a professional sportsperson, entertainer of in a position filling a full-time vacancy.

Study conditions
The child student:

Must study on the sponsored course unless they start a new course at the same institution at a higher or equal level must study with the sponsoring institution unless the other institution is a partner of the sponsoring one, or they have applied to study elsewhere and the application has not yet been decided may engage in supplementary study must not study at a state school or academy except a voluntary grammar school in NI or where the sponsoring institution has become a state school or academy.