Your visa conditions

Working Hours

Student route students either have a work restriction or a work prohibition. The UK immigration authorities treat work restrictions very seriously. They can remove you from the UK if you work too many hours.

If you intend to study a course at or above UK degree level, the maximum amount of part-time work you can work during term time will usually be 20 hours per week. If you intend to study a course that is below UK degree level, you will usually be limited to 10 hours per week. You can work full-time during vacation periods. Taught postgraduate students only have vacation periods over the Easter and Christmas break. Postgraduate research students do not have any vacation periods. If you have been granted Student route leave on the basis of a part-time course you will not have any work allowance.

Public Funds

Your immigration conditions prohibit you from accessing ‘public funds’, which means certain welfare benefits and local authority housing. Using the National Health Service, sending your child to a state school, and being exempt from the Council Tax do not count as accessing ‘public funds’. If you apply for a welfare benefit that you do not qualify for, you will be breaching the conditions of your immigration permission.

Study at the University of Gloucestershire

When you enter (or re-enter) the UK, you must intend to study at the University of Gloucestershire. It is usually a condition of your Student route leave that you study full-time, and are in regular attendance and are a genuine, engaged student.

Part-time study under Student route is only available in a few circumstances and must have been indicated on the initial CAS/application for Student route leave.

Breaching these Conditions

If you fail to comply with the conditions of your visa, the Home Office can refuse future immigration applications or remove you from the UK. You might be barred from returning to the UK for a certain period.