Student Advice and Engagement
Team / Student Services Centre
Checking for Errors on a Student Visa – February 2024
IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE ON A DEGREE PROGRAMME OF 12 MONTHS OR MORE AND YOUR BRP EXPIRY DATE
IS THE 31 DECEMBER 2024 THIS IS NOT AN ERROR AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO REPORT IT. FROM 2025, YOU
WILL BE GIVEN A DIGITAL STATUS. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE gov.uk web pages.
Checking your Entry Clearance Vignette (visa sticker in Checking your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)
your passport)
Students who are studying on programmes of longer If you applied for your Student visa outside the UK to study
than 6 months will be issued with a Student Entry on a programme of longer than 6 months, you will be
Clearance Vignette valid for 90 days to allow entry to the issued with a 90 day Entry Clearance vignette in your
UK. The full residence permission to remain in the UK for passport to enable you to enter the UK and then you will
the duration of your studies and some additional extra need to collect your BRP when you are in the UK. This
time will be on a Biometric Residence Permit card (BRP), provides evidence of your immigration permission to
which you will collect once in the UK. When you are remain in the UK for the duration of your studies.
issued with your visa, you should also be issued with an
email confirming the details of your Student visa If you applied for your Student visa in the UK, you will be
permission for the UK including details of where to issued with a digital status or a new BRP which will be sent
collect your BRP. This will usually be the Post Office via post to the address you gave in the visa application
which you selected. form. You will not be issued with another vignette, as you
are applying from inside the UK. For applications made in
PRESESSIONAL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE AN the UK, nothing is put in your passport because the BRP or
ADDITIONAL MONTH AT THE END OF THEIR VISA. digital immigration permission is the visa.
Check your Student entry clearance carefully to ensure that Personal details: Check that your name, nationality, date &
everything is correct: place of birth are all correct and match the details on your
passport.
Personal details: Check that your names, nationality,
date of birth & passport number are all correct and Type of Leave: Your BRP should state “Student” and it
match the details on your passport. should state the LSE Sponsor Licence Number
1RRV3MMEX (as stated on your CAS)
Type of Leave: Your Entry Clearance vignette should
state “Student” and it should state the LSE Sponsor Conditions of Leave: Your BRP should state that you have
Licence Number 1RRV3MMEX a work restriction or limit of 20 hours per week in term time
(unless your Student visa was issued for a pre-sessional
Conditions of Leave: Your Student Entry Clearance course or other programme below degree level in which
vignette should state that you have a work restriction or case the work restriction should be 10 hours per week in
limit of 20 hours per week in term time (unless your term time).
Student visa was issued for a pre-sessional course or
other programme below degree level in which case the The BRP should also state “No Public Funds”
work restriction should be 10 hours per week in term
time). Length of Leave: Your BRP should have an expiry date
The vignette should also state “No Public Funds” after the end date of your studies as stated on your CAS:
Length of Leave: The length of your Student Entry • If your programme of study is 12 months or longer, you
Clearance vignette should be either 30 days starting from should be granted until the end date of your programme
7 days before your intended travel date or one month
+ an additional 4 months
before the start date of your programme of study as
stated on your CAS, whichever is later. • If your programme of study is between 6 months and 12
months, you should be granted until the end date of
If your Student visa is issued for a programme that is your programme + an additional 2 months
less than 6 months, you should be issued with a Student • If your programme of study is less than 6 months, you
entry clearance vignette for the length of the programme should be granted until the end date of your programme
valid from 7 days before the start date and expiring 7
+ 7 additional days
days after the end date of your programme.
Where to check on your sticker and BRP
Valid from date (DD/MM/YY)
Expiry date (DD/MM/YY)
Sponsor licence
number (LSE –
1RRV3MMEX)
and working
hours
Valid
until date
(DD/MM/
YY)
Valid from date
(DD/MM/YY)
Working hours and
sponsor licence
number (LSE –
1RRV3MMEX)
You should also check the back of your BRP to see if the following details are correct: your date
and place of birth, sex & nationality. Additionally, the BRP should state “No Public Funds” in the
remarks section.
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What do I do if there is an error on my Entry Clearance If you applied for your Student visa when you were
vignette? inside the UK (for example: if you applied for an
You should contact SAET (the Student Advice and extension of your Student visa to continue on the same
Engagement Team) as soon as possible and we can programme or to start a new one) and the error relates
advise on the most appropriate way to have the error to the length or conditions of your stay, you must apply
corrected as soon as you notice any error. for Administrative Review.
If there is an error on your Entry Clearance vignette There is an £80 fee to request an Administrative Review
which could affect your entry to the UK: for example, if but the fee will be refunded if your administrative review
your name, nationality or the valid from date is is successful (i.e. if UKVI confirm that there is an error
incorrect, you must request a correction and for an and amend this).
amended Entry Clearance to be issued.
Sometimes, it is possible to have the error amended by Requests for Administrative Review must be made
contacting the Visa Application Centre directly, within 14 calendar days of receiving the decision which
however this is not always possible and the official you are challenging.
way to request a correction is by contacting the
International Enquiry Service and succinctly explaining If you applied for your Student visa when you were
the error. There is a charge to use this service. inside the UK (for example: if you applied for an
extension of your Student visa to continue on the same
Entry Clearance vignette for full length of programme: programme or to start a new one) and the error doesn’t
If the error is not one that will affect your entry to the relate to the length or conditions but is another type of
UK: for example if it is the expiry date (and you travel error (such as name, date of birth, sponsor licence
before the expiry date), or if you didn’t notice that error number etc), you can request a correction without
until you arrived in the UK, you can request a BRP charge by completing the Report a Problem link on the
correction (even though you have not received a BRP) UK Government website
as explained in ECB19 guidance. However, as you
don’t have a BRP card, there’s no guarantee that the If your passport or BRP has been lost or stolen, please
UKVI will allow the correction. refer to our Lost/ Stolen Passport & BRP information
sheet
Entry Clearance vignette for 90 days: If the error is not
one that will affect your entry to the UK: for example if There’s an error on my Digital Status and I don’t have a
it is the expiry date (and you travel before the expiry BRP – what do I do?
date), or if you didn’t notice that error until you arrived
in the UK, you should collect your BRP before your If you notice an error in your personal details on your
vignette expires. If the BRP has the same error, you online digital status, you can report these on the web
should request a BRP correction page you use to view and prove your status
What do I do if there is an error on my BRP? The process of reporting other types of error with your
You should contact SAET (the Student Advice and digital status remains unclear. Please contact us if
Engagement Team) as soon as possible and we you’ve noticed an error in your digital status and we will
can advise on the most appropriate way to have help you to look into this further.
the error corrected as soon as you notice any
error.
If you applied for your Student visa when you were
outside the UK, you can request a correction
without charge by completing the Report a
Problem link on the UK Government website.
If you applied for your Student visa when you were
outside the UK and the error relates to the length
or conditions of your stay (for example: work
condition) you can describe the error and what the
correction should be.
Who do I contact for help? For further immigration advice contact SAET online.
