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Student Services

Extending Your stay In The UK, as a student

We have prepared a detailed guide for SOAS students on extending your stay in the UK as a student.  Please download and print it from the right hand side of this page.

You will also need to download and print the Tier 4 (G) application form, the Help Text and the Photo Guidance from the UK Border Agency website.  You may also need to consult the Tier 4 Policy Guidance. 

Our detailed guide to Tier 4 applications includes:

  • Checklist before you start
    • Are you switching to student from a different status?
    • Is the end date of your current visa wrong and simply needs correcting?
    • Can SOAS definitely sponsor you for an extension under Tier 4?
    • Returning to the UK as a Visitor to take exams and/or submit work
    • Has your visa already expired?
    • Do you need to apply under Tier 4 at all?
  • By post or in person?
    An explanation of postal applications, premium (in person) applications, and the SOAS Student Batch Scheme
  • When to apply
  • Dependants' applications
  • Evidence required
  • Completing the Tier 4 (G) form:  a detailed guide to the questions
  • While your passport is with the UK Border Agency