Enrolment information (age 16-18)

To show that you have lived in the UK for a certain number of years before your course starts, we need to see some documents. We cannot accept a driver’s license as proof of residency.

Here are the different types of documents we accept:

a) Biometric Residency Permit (BRP): Most BRPs expired on 31st Dec 2024. We will now need to see your old BRP and your e-visa to determine if you will be considered a Home or Overseas student. Please make sure you have the original document you used to create your e-visa account with you. This will allow you to access your Home Office account and generate a Share Code for us. If someone else, like a family member or parent, made the application for you, you will need them to provide the share code. If you are a family member or dependent on somebody else to live in the UK, you will need to meet the residency criteria in your own right. There are exceptions where you will always be overseas. Please contact us to discuss.

b) In date British or Irish passport

c) Full British Birth Certificate with photo ID: If you are 16-18 years old, we will need to see your mother’s passport or documents of residency in the UK. Depending on your mother’s status at the time of your birth may mean that you require EUSS/ILR or British Citizenship. If you are not sure, please contact us to discuss.

d) EU/EEA/Swiss applicants: We will need proof of your EUSS Pre or Settled Status. We can no longer accept your EU/EEA/Swiss passport or ID card as proof of residency. Your EUSS document must state that you can study. We may need evidence that you have lived in the EU/EEA/Switzerland and the UK for the 3 years before your course starts. Please make sure you have the original document you used for your EUSS application with you. This will allow you to access your Home Office account and generate a Share Code for us. If someone else, like a family member or parent, made the application for you, you will need them to provide the share code.

e) If you have a Certificate of Application for EUSS, you must have made your application to the Home Office within 90 days of arriving in the UK. You must be able to demonstrate that your case is still pending with the Home Office. If not, you will need to show us evidence that your case is at an appeal or administrative review stage. If your case has expired, you will need to provide evidence of your legal right to remain in the UK.

f) Spouse or family member: If you have an EUSS Spouse or Family Member visa, we will need to see your Entry Clearance Visa, and your Marriage Certificate or Birth Certificate, your spouse’s/civil partner’s/family member’s EUSS document, and evidence that your spouse/civil partner/family member has lived in the EU/EEA/Switzerland and the UK for the past 3 years. Your proofs of residency should last for 12 months in duration. Otherwise, you need to meet the residency criteria in your own right.

Residency statuses that don’t require 3 years of proof

If you fall into any of the residency statuses listed below, you won’t need to show evidence of 3 years of residency. We only need to see your most recent/valid Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) and or e-visa for enrolment:

• British Nationals evacuated from Afghanistan by the UK government before January 6, 2022
• British Nationals evacuated from Afghanistan under Operation Pitting
• Calais Leave to Remain
• Discretionary Leave to Enter or Remain
• Exceptional Leave to Enter or Remain
• Humanitarian Protection Leave to Enter or Remain
• Indefinite Leave to Enter or Remain
• Leave outside the rules
• Refugee status, Leave to Enter or Remain
• Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 leave
• Ukraine Extension Scheme
• Ukraine Family Scheme
• Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine)
• Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme (visa must last for the duration of the course)
• ACRS: Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) Leave to Enter or Remain in the UK or Indefinite Leave to Remain/Settlement
• ARAP: Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) Leave to Enter or Remain in the UK or Indefinite Leave to Remain/Settlement
• ALEP: Afghan Locally Employed Staff Leave to Enter or Remain in the UK acquired through the ARAP routes

If you are an Asylum Seeker

• If you have an ARC Card (Asylum Registration Card) and a Home Office letter stating when you applied for asylum, along with a Bail 201 and/or IS96 immigration letter permitting study, we will accept them.
• If you are appealing a decision regarding your asylum status, we will need to see your ARC Card, and you must be in receipt of NASS. You should also have a Bail 201 and/or an IS96 immigration letter permitting study.
• If you are a young person or a vulnerable young adult between 16 and 25 years old and under the care of Social Services, we will need to see your ARC Card, Bail 201 letter, and a current letter from Social Services.
• If you are an adult asylum seeker, we need to see your Bail 201 or IS96, and you must have had your ARC for at least 6 months prior to the start date of the course.

Children of Turkish workers

A child of a Turkish worker is eligible if both the following apply:

• The Turkish worker has been living continuously (ordinarily resident) in the UK on or before 31 December 2020 and has Turkish European Community Association Agreement (ECAA) rights or extended ECAA leave, and
• The child has been resident in the UK on or before 31 December 2020.

Contact us if you have any questions or if you are not sure which category you fit in.